The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-17 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. On the Nights of the Races, the Doors will not be opened until Half-past Seven. The Performances to commence at Eight o'clock. UNPRECEDENTED MUSICAL ATTRACTION! The highly celebrated Vocalist, Madame CINTI DA MO REAU, who created such a great sensation in London this season, for whom the chef d'ceuvres of Rossini, Meyerheer, and Auber, were specially composed, and who is acknow ledged to.be the most finished I , rench and Italian Vocalist of the day ; and the extraordinary Pianist, Mons. DOE H LER, of her Majesty's Theatre, and the Nobility's Concerts, London, whose astonishing and almost miracu lous performances were hailed in London with a degree of enthusiasm never before experienced, are engaged for FOUR NIGHTS, and will make their first appearance here THIS EVGN INC:. Their other Nights of Performance will be WFDNES THUIISDA Y, and FRIDAY, in the present week. Signor CURION I, the eminent Tenor, Signor GIUBILEI, Primo Basso Cantante, at the Theatre-Koval, Drury•lane, and of her Majesty's Theatre, London, and Mr. BOCHSA, who will direct the Operatic Entertainments, and perform on the Harp some of his most favourite Pieces, are also enga2ed for FOUR NIGHTS, and will appear Tuts Evatsitso, in a GRAND MISCELLANEOUS CON CERT. THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 17th instant, 1 the Entertainments will commence with the petite Comedy of HIDE AND SEEK. After which ' PART 1. of a .GRAND MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT, Consisting of a variety of Vocal and Instrumental Music. I3y Madams Cinti Damoreau, Mons. Doehler, Sig. Curioni, )Eljuor Goihilei, and Mr. Bochsa. After which, the Farce of 21 R. AND 311 is. i'RINGLE. To be followed 4 the SECOND Patti' of the . CONCER . To 'conclude with the Nati T onal Anthem, " Goo more THE QUEEN," 13y Madame Cinti Darnoreau, , nor Cu rioni, and Signor iGiubilei, accompanied by Mr. Bocisa and Mons. Doehler. . . Mademoiselle.FOßGEOT, 'The Leading Actress of the Gymnasse, Paris, is engagell for Three Nights, and will make her first appearance- To alottnow EVENING, in the first act of Auber's celebirated French Opera of • _ A M BASSA DR ICE, Composed expressly for Madame C. Damoreau. Benriette....(a Prima Donna).... Madame C. Damore au. Charlorte..(also a Theatrical Performer, friend to Henriette)..Mademoiselle Forgeot, Pint Actress of the Gymnasse, Paris. Fortunatus (Manager of the Munich Theatre) Sig. GuibileiL. After which, A. CONCERT, AND OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. Notivithstanding the very heavy expense attending the above Engagements, no advance will be made in the regular prices of admission to the. Theatre, which will remain as. usual, Lower Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes,-35.6d.; Pit, 25.6 d.; Gallery, ls. The Box-office will be opened Daily, when Places may be taken, front Ten until Three o'clock. No Places can be secured unless a corresponding number of Tickets are taken.. NEW INSTITUTION OF THE FINE ARTS, FOR THE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE, BY MODERN ARTISTS, I THE GALLERY AND ROOMS, OVER THE UNION NEWS- • ROOMS, DUKE STREET, WILL CLOSE upon the 31st inst. fur the Reception. og PAINTINGS, &c. J. PALMER, Secretary. The Exhibition WILL OPEN early in August. Liverpool, 16th July, 1838. TO THE ADMIRERS OF THE FINE ARTS. Now Open at No. 8, BOLD -STREET, two doors above the Palatine Club, A SPLENDID EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS. BY THE OLD MASTERS, Among which will be found one from the Pencil of the in comparable GUIDO, Value 2,000 Guineas, representing DIANA ON HER RETURN FROM THE CHASE. [Life Size.] FfIHE PROPRIETOR feels an indescribable pleasure in .being the humble instrument of introducing to the no tice of a liberal and discriminating public, the inestimable production of departed genius. whose talents, like a meteor of transcendent light, have reflected glory on the country of his birth, and shed lustre on civilized Europe, giving impetus to, and promoting that refinement of taste, veneration for and elevation of soul which true greatness alone inspires; it is, therefore, with conscious ptide that he invites the at tention, more particularly of those who take an interest in improving the moral condition of mankind, by upholding ~ science. cud giving encouragement to the Arts, the true ad mirers of which will experience a delicious treat in contem plating the beauties of this specimen, in which the Artist has displayed those appropriate and gigantic powers of concep tions upon which he has established the immortality of his fame; language, however impassioned, furnishes but a po verty of words to describe, and which can only be properly understood through the medium of its own silent eloquence. Admission, ONE SHILLING each.—Catalogues 6d. each. Open from Ten till Dusk. A NEW AND INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. On MONDAY, the 6th of AUGUST, %ml. BE PUBLISHED IN MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL, And from thence forwarded by Express and rapid Convey. antes to all parts of ti)e Country, THE First Number of'a New County Journal , entitled THE LANCASHIRE HERALD. Price Fivepence. It has long been a matter of surprise that Lancashire alone, notwithstanding its immense importance, wealth, and population, should hitherto have been without a County Paper; thus leaving the great body of agriculturists, and aunty of the manufacturing districts scattered throughout Um county, without an organ to watch over and represent their interests. It is, therefore, presumed that a fair oppor tunity presents itself for the successful establishment of such a Paper, especially as the projectors have been encouraged by many promises of favour and support. __ The PRINCIPLEs of the LANC tSIIIIZE win SD will be in dependent and decided—its t h er i t t ! that olftoargumentative and temperate discussion. the reason, not to the passions of our read W ers e ; B and, a m p .tri e le a prepared to defend' to • the utmost every thing that appears precious in our political n re ligious institutions, and consequently worthy of preser aeatioO, we shall be found equally determined to root out all that we conceive to be obnuxious or injurious. Those who, with the sante feelings, pursue a course different from ours, and, therefore, in our opinion, erroneous, shall meet from. us the, r espect due to honourable antagonists. Against all th a t it M ischievous and designedly destructive we shall raise our , voice, but not more loudly than against that which is corrupt, . servile, and oppressive. Cur views en general Politics, and the tone in which we advocate them, will be better appreciated after a few num bers, by actual experience, than by promises and professions. In Local and Provincial matters we shall do our best to pro cure that species of infoimation which, in commercial dis tricts, is most desirable. Our arrangements to present our readers with accurate and late reports of Markets, Funds, Manufactures, Shipping, Mining, Sporting, and in short, all branches of Trade, Agriculture, Commerce, or Speculation, are already equal to those of any other establishment, and we shall spare neither pains nor expense to render them still more perfect. To the questions more peculiarly connected with our ma . nufacturing districts we come with minds altogether unbi assed. Warped neither by the suggestions of sordid selfish neil, nor unreflecting prejudice, it shall be our business to advocate what are at once the true interests of the employer and the employed—interests which, if properly understood, , are in reality the same. In the important body of LICENSED VICTUALLERS we have isaluential friends, and we shall endeavour to supply th em With a journ a l such as they can conscientiously patronise, • and which will advocate their special interests, and strongly oppos e any undue interference with their vested rights. In short there is no c l ass o f th e commun i ty i n t hi s hi ve o f bustling and ever-moving trade, which may not command .oUr eervices for the promotion of honourable and English Purposes and demands. Though we shall not be insensible to the fascination of graceful wit, nor the piquancy of delicate satire, yet all per sonality shall be excluded from our columns. Blain, a word: we promise to give a journal conducted in a strightforward, honest manner,—" Fearing,"—as the west book in th e wor ld says, with a slight variation for which w have nn reason to offei anything like an apology— ' e , ll . "earing od H and onouring the Queen !" ssh ' i udi F ng fairly G with fair antagonists —maintaining gene said th e cause of England, to the best of our abilities, at home tips ,tiro ad; and, Locally, all those interests which, in a et or .• in srkei lime not very much exceeding the age so long ago and n. " 2 15 that of man, has raised Liverpool, Manchester, j est eil. sister towns, from poor hamlets in rude and path is ' , Wild s , to the rank of merchant-cities, combining in stnallest space the most dense population and the most Productive wealth. In the minor departments—we mean minor as regards the arrangements of a newspaper—Literature, Drama, Music, &c., we have engaged more talent than, we believe, was ever before engaged on a Provincial Paper; and we can promise inspeitialaty, kindness, attention, and generosity in the eXer• cis, of the powers committed to the hands of our critics. The LANCASHIRE HERALD will be published at an early . hoar every Monday Morning, at No. 36, North John-str e et, Liverpool; at the Exchange Rooms, Ducie-place, Manches ter ; sad will be despatched by special conveyances to all parts of the county. Orders, Advertisements, and Communications will be re ceived at the Offices in Liverpool and Manchester, and by the various Agents and Newspaper Vend e rs throughout the County. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are obliged to postpone the valuable favour of "Irenmus" until our next publication. We believe that the children of freemen "born after the pass ing of the reform bill" can establish their claims; but we are not certain whether parties " apprenticed to freemen" subsequently to the passing of the said act can claim their fr eedom. At all events there has not been suf f icient time to bring the question to an issue. PA RKEK-STREI:T.—We have received a communication from an inhabitant of Parker-street respecting the dangerous state of the crossing at the Church-street end, rendered so by the multitude of vehicles continually passing to and from the Railway, &c. We believe that the Improvement Camotittee are empowered, by the act of parliament, mate rially to improve that street. and they will, doubtless, avail themselves of the opportunity. Zbe Eibtrpoot ,i:tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1838. la* The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morning at 5 o'clock. JAMAICA.—We have received our files of the Ja maica Despatch and Kingston Chronicle up to the 9th ultimo. The contents of these papers are ex tremely important. They are, of course, chiefly oc cupied with the discussions in the House of Assembly on the subject of the abolition of negro apprentice ship. The house met on the 7th ult. We have al ready given the opening address of Sir Lionel Smith, the Governor, with which we were favoured by the last arrivals from N ew Y ork. The address in reply to the Governor was moved by .Nlr. Hyslop. It con tained a paragraph asserting the principle that the ap prenticeship was awarded as part. of the. compen i.giac. J o this passage r:averal Illembers dealtured and amongst others a Mr. Hill, one of: the specia magistrates, who was, however, appealed 'co by Messrs. Guy and Panton, and asked whether he h ad not in 'his official capacity been frequently called ui ►on to value the services of apprentices, and to award t;o theirrmas ters a compensation for the remaining team of their apprenticeship. This, of course, annihilated thbe fu tile objections taken by Mr. Hill. We subjoin. the address as amended:— " May it please your Excellency, " We, her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Assem bly of Jamaica, thank your Excellency for your so eech at The opening of the session, and we duly appreciate the con sideration evinced 'by your Excellency in conversing this general Assembly on the earliest day consistenft with the public welfare, to meet the present emergency. " On receiving the despatches alluded to by - your Excel lency, we shall proceed in the critical posture which the Island is placed, to give to the momentous matte: rs submitted do us our most serious consideration. "Jamaica does indeed require repose, and •we anxiously :hope that, should we determine to remove an im material ser- •vitude, we shall be left in the exercise of our c onstitutional privileges to legislate for the benefit of all classes without any further Parliamentary interference. " The apprenticeship was forced on the acceptance of the :House as one of the precautionary measures to be adopted in the transition from slavery to freedom, and wa s a portion of .our compensation. While, therefore, we discuss the pro priety of its abolition, we neither assume the responsibility, nor exonerate the public faith." To which his Excellency was pleased to reply. `• Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the ilueml4, " I receive this your address with great satisfaction, feel- ing confident that you will give a calm and dispassionate consideration. to the important question upon which you have been specially convened." Respecting the injustice of terminating the appren ticeship in August next, instead of in 1840, as fixed by the abolition act, the Despatch of the Bth ult. has the following remarks:— "As the Governor has unwittingly acknowledged that it is physically impossible to carry on the agriculture of the Coun try under the arbitrary act imposed by the Ministry (at Sir Lionel's desire,) upon the apprentice masters of this Colony, his Excellency is in honour bound to call upon his employers for the means of meeting the exigencies of the Country, which is likely to be thrown into a state of anarchy and con. fusion from this breach of contract, and unnecessary and co. ercive act of interference with the equitable working out 01 the system. "If it were the Mammoth proprietors alone, such as Lords Sligo and Seaford, who have pocketed all the compensation and who now dwell in luxurious ease in G rea t B r i ta i n, regard less of the vexation and distress entailed upon the poor small settlers, who will be reduced by their heartless agitation to certain loss and ruin, we should say that they (the Mam moths) could very well afford to give up the two years' term, and pay the negroes' hire; especially as they make money by their Parliamentary interference and intrigue! " But what is become of the poor, industrious, and honest free settlers, who, by confiding in the faith of the British Government, have entered into engagements they cannot fulfil ? What is to become of those who have no means of hiring a sufficiency of labourers to cultivate their fields, hav ing already expended ALE, they were worth upon buying up the term of a certain number of apprentices, whom they can no longer retain at work? Many respectable widows and mothers of families—many elderly and hardworking men, who have speculated with a few bundled, or a thousand or two pounds, the savings of a laborious life of industry, hoping, that by the sale of a few crops, they would be enabled to aug tnent their resources, and plaee themselves in a condition to engage free labour by the year 1840, will be in the situation deocribed. The abrupt termination and violation of the term wilt deprive such persons of the means of obtaining a living. Lords Brougham, Sligo, and Co., have put their hands into the pockets of these persons, and have literally robbed them of their all! They have forgotten the maxim. "to be just befo re they are generous"—and they are inhaling the praise, and accepting the gifts of a set of plundering hypocrites, whilst they are inflicting want and suffering on a most de serving class of their fellow-subjects, and sending millions of miserable Africans to a premature grave, through the aug mented horrors of a foreign slave trade, stimulated by their ruthless and withering agitation. "If this be philanthropy, it is the philanthropy of fiends and demons, who delight in the misery, starvation, and de struction of mankind ! ! !" On the 7th and Bth ult., we learn from the Jamaica Gazette, the House of Assembly sat in committee on the bill for the abolition of apprenticeship, which is entitled "an act to abolish the apprenticeship of imp dial labourers within this island on the Ist of August next." The report which is furnished of the proceed ings is but meagre. We lay before our readers all that we can infer from the summary before us. The bill was passed in all its stages through the House of Assembly, and was expected to be ready for transmis sion by the pack et which sailed on the 9th. Several protective clause's had been added in committee, which are considered highly favourable to the negroes. Not only have the Assembly provided against the sudden ejectment of those who are capable of labour, but they have also made provision for the aged and indigent, in a way which, as is Nell remarked by the Gazette, will "put England to the blush for her own institutions," where the poor and helpless have dealt out to them, under the niggardly poor-law system, a subsistence which is barely sufficient to keep body and soul to gether. But willEnglancl have to pay nothing for this further step towards the liberation of the negro ? Let the following extract from the paper which we have last quoted afford an answer : "‘Ve are glad to observe our House of Assembly is not likely to pass over, without notice, a most important condi tion, which certainly ought to attach to the great sacrifice they are making of. their constituents' interests, by abroga ting the remaining term of the apprenticeship, in compliance with the voice—the all-powerful voice of the British nation. " This subject was brought to the notice of the House by the honourable senior member for the parish of Manchester (Mr. Berry), who is always alive 10 the several interests of the country, and his application of the words of Lord Howick, one of the Ministers of the Crown, was happy indeed. The words of Lord Howick are as follow :--‘ If justice to the negrees requires that we should put an end to the appren ticeship, we are bound to do so ; and if, by takint this course, any pecuniary injury is done to the colonial proprietors, this will give them a claim upon vs for CRTHER compensation.' " We therefore recommend, previous to the next meeting of the Assembly, which will probably take place in October, that all persons suffering injury under this act, will be pre pared with authenticated statements of the same to be laid before it. It would be difficult for us at the present moment to describe the various claims that could probably be pre. ferred ; but we do not think ourselves far wrong in classing them as follows: " Ist. All persons having a right in the remaining two years' services of their apprentices. "2nd. All persons who purchased property on the faith of the British nation fulfilling the compact; but which, for their interference, would not have terminated until 1810. " 3rd. Of an annuitants whose claims are secured upon real property here. " 4th. Of those apprentices who have purchased an exemp- tion from the provisions of the act for the abolition of slavery. " This statement, going from our Representatives in res pectful terms cannot fail to awaken the sympathy of those who have, from professed feelings of philanthropy, urged the parliament and government to the measures they have adopt ed, and which have led to such injurious results to a numer ous and loyal portion of their fellow-subjects, and the govern ment to a due sense of retributive justice !" Glorious results of Whiggery ! We had written thus far when we received our file of the Royal Gazette and Jamaica Times—a journal of more moderate views than the Despatch. We so licit the attention of our readers to the following very sensible remarks, which we extract from the Royal Gazette of June 9th.:— " It is with sincere pleasure that we congratulate the island on the successful issue of the deliberations of the Hon. House of Assembly. Freedom will ere long be proclaimed—full, complete, and unrestricted freedom will be conferred on those who, according to law, would have had to continue in servitude for two years more. No dissentient voice was heard within the walls of the Assembly, all joined in the wish so often expressed, that the remaining term of appren ticeship should be cancelled, that the excitement pro duced by a law which has done inconceivable harm in Jamaica, in alienating the affections of her people, and creating discord and disaffection, should at once cease. Thank God ! it is now nearly at an end, and we trust that Jamaica will enjoy that repose so eagerly and anxiously sought after, by all who wish the island well. " Yet while we congratulate the island i❑ its almost certain road to happiness, it would ill become us to forget the many, very many, which by this measure will be reduced to beggary. There are those in Eng• land, as well as in this country, who, depending en tirely upon the return received from Jamaica property —annuitants and others, we fear, will be thrown into utter destitution. It may be said, that the unhappy day has only come a little sooner; but two years is an age to those who may not have bread to eat in conse quence. There are others also, who have been in duced to leae and purchase properties, in the faith that the apprenticeship would have been continued ; they, too, will suffer mt—;11 : ---their expenses will he doubled, if not trebled, and in fact in many instances, where they have expended their little all, in anticipa tion of the next year's crop, and have not wherewith to meet the expenses which the future culture will require, the loss will be very great. It is the poor man and the helpless annuitant that we look upon as being truly objects of pity, and require the sympathy of the British government to be extended towards them. The rich landholder we do not consider will be a loser; it may, in the first place, require an advance of capital, and partially reduce his income, but. it may also be the means of increasing his resources; what appears at present a sacrifice may be the means of affording a very great return. We trust that those who can show a loss, and that they have sustained an injury by the measure, may receive that further compensation they are so justly entitled to, and although government has decidedly stated they will not entertain the question of further compensation generally, we have no doubt that individual cases of suffering brought to their no tice, will be readily attended to. " The die is now, however, cast. In less than two short months, the great experiment of emancipation will be complete. It only remains, then, for us, indi vidually and collectively, to sooth down angry conten- tions and lurking asperities—to forget the past. say, let all heartburnings be buried in oblivion, and let us one and all join in advancing the true interests of the country. We shall continue, on our part, to do our duty; and it affords us a pleasing retrospect in having advocated and recommended that course upon which the safety and salvation of the country depends." Let us now hope that our West Indian colonies may speedily experience the benefit of a firm and prudent administration at home. We say speedily, because if Lord Glenelg and his associates in office are allowed much longer to mismanage our colonial affairs, we shall have the Canadian tragedy re-enacted in th e West Indies, accompanied by aggravated horrors. If the anti-slavery agitators are sincere in their profes sions of sympathy for the welfare of the negroes, they will now and henceforth direct their most strenuous exertions to accomplish the overthrow of the present inefficient ministry, and seek to replace them by men who are qualified, by their wisdom and experience, to reconcile the conflicting interests, and to remove the perplexing difficulties, which may yet continue to afflict our West Indian colonies. 'We therefore call upon the abolitionists to prove the honesty and purity of their intentions, by labouring with their accustomed zeal and assiduity for the expulsion of the Whig. Radi cals from office. Unless this is soon brought to pass, their blundering policy will most certainly involve the West Indies in all the miseries which have attended their administration of the affairs of Canada. The elements of mischief are already at work, especially in the larger of the West Indian Colonies, and it will re quire the greatest vigilance and determination, on the part of the executive at, home, to prevent the seeds of republican disaffection fforn spreading over the most valuable and productive of these appendages to the British Crown. Not one of our colonies can be con sidered safe while the ministry of the day depend upon the breath of Hume and his clique, who will onlyyield . their support to the party in power as long as the lat ter connive at their treasonable designs. FREEMEN OF LIVERPOOL!—An act has just passed the legislature, and obtained the royal sanction, which repeals the Stamp duty heretofore paid on admission to the freedom of corporations in England. The ra dical press of the town has taken good care to conceal this matter from your notice. The liberal authorities at the Town-hall have been equally silent, trusting that you . may not be able, this year at least, to avail yourselves of the advantage which the act confers upon you. It is scarcely necessary for us to do more than call your attention to the act itself, which is as follows :—" Whereas the right and privilege of the freemen of the cities and boroughs in England, who have acquired their freedom by birth or servitude, to vote for members to serve in Parliament, have been confirmed by divers statutes; it is expedient that all impediments to the admission of persons entitled to the freedom of corporations should be removed, and that the stamp duty payable on such admissions should be abolished; be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Corn. mons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that after the passing of this. act no Stamp duty shalt be - chargeable on the admis sion of any person entitled to take up his freedom by birth or servitude, in any city or borough in England returning a member or members to serve in Parlia ment." LOCAL NEWS. PAINTINGS.—There are at present exhibiting in Bold street some very exquisite paintings by the old masters —one by Guido is a very splendid production, and is deserving especial notice. The counoiseur should not fail to avail himself of the opportunity of visiting this exhibition. THE GRAND STAND.—Worthy Lawton, "mine host" of the Rainbow, Basnett-street, has taken upon himself the victualling of the Grand Stand refreshment rooms during the races. We feel assured that th e " s t arv i ng system " will not be indulged in; and the visitors to Aintree will have to con gratulate themselves that they will find every thing conducted upon the same liberal scale as practised by the previous respected caterer. Passengers by the packet-ship United States, Holdredge, from New-York, in 20 days:—Mrs. David, Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Jones, Miss Smith, Mrs. Holdredge, Miss Meaney, Mr. Ware, Rev. Mr. Smith, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Jones, Mr. Roberts, Dr. Donegani, Mr. David, Mr. Martinez, Mr. For rentz, Mr. E. Martinez, Mr. V. Martinez, Mr. R. Padilla, Mr. Puente, Mr. Walker. THEATRE Row..—Last evening the Misses Smith took their benefit with the musical play of the "Slave." After the play was a Concert, in which several songs were sung by the Misses Smith, Mr. G. Horncastle, and Mrs.. W. H. Bland. There was a very good house. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Last evening there was a Grand Gala and Illumination at these Gardens; they were again crowded. Ten Conservatives have been elected by the township of Salford to form the quota for that township of the Salford Board of Guardians. We regret to find that the Earl of Yarborough is confined on board his yacht Kestral, in Cowes Roads, trom illness.— Boston Herald. WEST Many RURAL WATCH.—The following appoint ments have been made by the Inspectors of the West Derby Rural Watch :—Mr. Thomas Crosby, Treasurer ; Mr. T. A. G. Dolling, Secretary; Mr. Thomas Abraham, Superintend ent of Police. Assistant Constables—Peter Peters, Knotty Ash & Broad Green District ; George Robinson, Old Swan and Cattle Market ditto; James Swift, Dog and Gun ditto. THE ASSIZES.—Mr. Alderson, and Mr. Justice Williams, will open the commission for the summer assizes, at Lancas ter, the 4th of August, and at Liverpool onThursday, Aug. 9. OPENING OF RAINHILL CHURCH.—We understand that this church will be opened for divine service on Thursday next, the 12th instant. A PAWNBROKER CONVICTED OF FELONY.—Mr. Gadd, the pawnbroker, whose trial for felony at the sessions was given in our last Frulal's paper, was on Friday sentenced by the Recorder to transportat►on for seven years. The trial ex cited considerable interest, and the Court was crowded to excess during its continuance. CAUTION TO SERVANTS.—We understand that all persons found shaking carpets or bears in the streets after eight. o'clock in the morning, will be fined under the by-law, The police have received instructions on the subject, and servants will do well, either by getting up a little earlier, or otherwise to perform this part of their duties within the limited time. GRAND JUNCTION RA ILIVA Y.—The annual meeting of the Grand Junction Railway Company will be held inthe Cotton Sales Room on Wednesday the Ist of August, for the purpose of declaring the half-yearly dividend, and the election of di rectors in the room of those who retire. THE BAR OF THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Among the new barristers who have come to the Northern Circuit at the pre sent Summer Assizes, are John Arthur Roebuck, Esq., late M.P. for Bath, and - Warren, Esq., author of the cele brated work, " Passages from the Diary of a late Physician," and son of the well-known Samuel Warren, the Wesleyan Association ist. DEATII BY STABBING.—OD Sunday morning, about half past twelve o'clock. a man named Thomas Halligham, who had just left a public-house in Nailor-street, was suddenly stabbed ijs the abdomen by some person who immediately ran away. The unfortunate man was taken up by some of his comrades, and carried into the North Dispensary. The surgeons of that hospital examined him, but it was found that he was already dead. The Police were immediately on the spot, and various rumours were afloat as to the person who had done the deed. At length it was discovered, that two females, who had stood near the snot, at the time, had seen the whole transaction, and knew the person who struck the blow. These females were immediately sought out. It appeared, that two men, James Higham and Moses Gott, were seen to corns out of the Cross Keys, in Vauxhall-road. They went across the street .to where the deceased and his companions were : a single question was asked by . one of them, who raised a weapon and stabbed Halligham immediately. The officers were sent in pursuit of Highain and Gott, and they were taken into custody. One of the Police-officers recognised Higham as having formerly stabbed him. The body was viewed previous to the inquest, yesterday. SODA WATER AND AERATED LEMONADE.—The superi ority of Schweppe's manufacture, which is on a principle peculiar to themselves, is now universally admitted, and the increasing demand for their manufacture, notwithstanding the low prices at which the inferior waters are sold, is the best criterion that it sustains the character established for it half a century ago. Their aerated lemonade, combining, as it does, the fragrant and delig,htful flavour of the lemon, forms a most delicious cooling draught. Tnemedicinal and highly salutary effects of their soda, magnesia, and potass waters are daily becoming more and more celebrated by most of the medical faculty, and considered by them to be of the utmost utility in cases of dyspepsia, Sc., and particularly when the tone of the stomach is deficient in the due performance of its functions 'They are worthy of a trial by the invalid in most cases of extreme debility, and form a most delightful and re frigerating beverage for the healthy, Schweppe's is the only house who possess the special appointment of the royal pa tronage, although others have the assurance, in order to im pore upon the public, .to assume the royal arms, and to pri - claim for themselves the royal patronage, who Rover had it either iq the rmtliog or vesent THE LATE REV. JoHN AVESTON.—A very neat marble monument has just been erected in Low House Chapel, St. Helens, to the memory of the late Rev. J. Weston. It does great credit to the taste and workmanship of Messrs. Moffit, at the Reushaw-street marble works, atlwhose establishment it was executed, THE CHEMICAL NUISANCES.—These nuisances wholly ceased on Tuesday last. • Mr. Muspratt and several other proprietors of chemical works are, we understand, trying experiments whether it is possible to carry on the manufacture without causing a nuisance, injurious alike to health and to property. We wish their experiments every success. TEMPERANCE Soctuzins.—The total-abstinence societies are to hold their festival during the present week. We un derstand that the Bishop of Norwich has been invited to pre side on Thursday, in the Royal Amphitheatre, on which and the following evenings they ate to hold concentrated meet ings. For a detailed account of the festivities we refer to the advertisement. Several district meetings were held last evening, in the Music-hall, Bold-street, Roe-street, Moor fields, and St. Patrick's School Room. FORESTERS' DINNER AT ST. HELENS.—The members of Court Daniel, No. 223, met to celebrate their anniversary, on Tuesday last, when nearly 100 of the order sat down to au excellent dinner, prepared by the worthy host and hostess of the Eagle and Child, and it is almost useless to state that ample justice was done, for all praised and extolled the ex cellence of the dinner. The evening was delightfully inter spersed with songs, toasts, and sentiments, and the company separated at a late hour, well pleased with the proceedings. RIVAL PosTuovs.--At Warrington Petty Sessions on Monday, James Lawless, a postboy at the Nag's Head, was charged with committing an assault upon the "boots" at the Lion Hotel. According to the complainant's statement, the defendant had committed a rather unjustifiable assault; it was however stated that the former had given some consi derable provocation, by inducing two of the Nag's Head customers to order their horses from the " Lion." The dif ference between the parties was finally settled by the de fendant paying costs, add promising not to molest the com plainant for the future.—Manchester Courier. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday, an inquest was held before the deputy-coroner, Mr. Statham, on the body of a labourer named Jones, who died under thefollowing circumstances : The deceased, it appeared, had been formerly employed as a carter, but more recently in the capacity of a porter. He was working at the warehouse of Mr. M'Andrew, Wapping, on Tuesday week, and while putting his foot to the purchase wheel to stop it, (the wheel wai then going round at a rapid rate,) the foot of the deceased was injured, the great toe of the right foot having received a contused wound which pro duced a locked-jaw, of which he died in the course of a day or two.—The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." PUBLIC DINNER.—It will be seen, from our report of the Sessions of Friday, that a respectable publican, named Spinks, was charged with an outrageous assault on a drunken individual named Brindle; but on the case being heard, he was immediately acquitted. His friends, to signify their opinion of his conduct, and to testify their satisfaction at his acquittal from so unfounded a charge, have determined to invite him to a public dinner, on Tuesday next. A subscrip tion was immediately entered into to defray the legal ex penses of his defence. BEACON'S GUTTER.—Our obituary of this day mentions the death of a fine young man, bearing a most excellent charac ter, and generally beloved by all who knew him, the son of Mr. B. Glover, Limekiln-lade, who was drowned in Beacon's Gutter, whilst bathing on the North Shore on Monday last; and a correspondent states, that he had been the means of saving two boys from the same fate on the 4th instant. From personal observation, we know that the gutter is a most dan gerous place for persons bathing in the neighbourhood who cannot swim, and some measure ought to be adopted imme diately, this being the height of the bathingseason, to prevent the recurrence of such deplorable accidents.—Mercury. PROTESTANT CONFEDERATION.—The members of the Warrington Lodge of this loyal and constitutional associa tion, went in procession on Thursday morning to Latchford Church, where an excellent discourse was delivered by the Rev. J. Wright, the minister. Each member wore a blue collar, to which was suspended a beautiful medal, designed expressly for the occasion. In the afternoon about ninety of the members diced together at the Little Horse Shoe, in Horse Market-street. No doubt, Mr. Eaude, the worthy landlord, maintained his usual reputation in culinary matters; but, not having the " entree," our informant can only say, that after the dinner some of the company expressed them selves highly delighted with the entertainment, and declared that the evening was spent " right royally."—Manchester Courier. MARSHAL SotiLT.This distinguished foreigner, and truly great man, has been invited by the authorities of the town to partake of a public (firmer in Liverpool. The mayor is expected from London on Thursday night. Marshal Soult, accompanied by his son, his son in law, and twelve of his suite, will arrive on Friday; and arrangem e nt s h ave b een made with the directors of the Grand Junction Railway Company to bring the illustrious visitor in two and a half hours from Birmingham, in order to enable him to meet his other numerous engagements, and, at the same time, afford him an idea of the astonishing rapidity of our internal intercourse, and the perfecton to which travelling 14 railway is carried in this country. The Marshal, his sons, and suite, will dine with the mayor at the Town-hall on Saturday. SuicroE.—On Wednesday, the 4th instant, a young female, about 18 years of age, was observed sitting on the margin of a pit in the brickfields, near the railway chimneys, by a brick maker named Richards. On asking her what she was doing there, she replied, she would thank him to let her alone, as her troubles were so great she wished to speak to nobody. On Thursday, the sth, a boy belonging to the brickfields found a bonnet with a shawl thrust into it at the edge of the water. On the Sunday following some young persons walking near the edge of the pit observed the body of a female floating on the water, and the circumstance beinginade known, the body was taken out, and found to be that of the female before seen near the pit. The unfortunate deceased was respectably dressed; she had on a muslin gown, ornamented with lilac sprigs; and in her pocket were found an ivory needle case, a silver thimble, and some small keys. She was found to be enceinte. An inquest was held on the body, but DO clue as to her connexions has been obtained. Bony FOUND IN Sr. ANNE'S CHURCH-I'M:D.—On Friday an inquest was held on the body of a male child, which was found on the preceding morning, in St. Anne's church-yard. It appeared from the testimony of William Cheetham, a stone mason, that on arriving, at si x o ' c l oc k i n t h e morn i ng, at the chuicl;yard in question, where he was engaged in executing some work, he perceived a wooden box lying on the ground 'Ander the wall. He immediately prorpvio ft, station in Rose ti ni,- ra give Intormation of the mrellms - tan ,,, - A police officer accompani e d him to the churchyard, and took possession of the box. Mr. Black, surgeon, was serit for, who examined the body, then in a rapid state of decomposi tion. Mr. B. was of opinion that the child had been alive. There were external marks upon the body, but whether caused by violence, he could not offer au opinion. No clue was given by which the brutal mothe r of the infant could be traced. FATAL. AccIDENT.—On Thursday, an inquest was taken before Mr. Statham, deputy-coroner, to inquire into the cir cumstances of the death of John Newland, a ship-keeper, lately living in Sparling-street, who died in consequence of injuties re ce i ve d on M onday last, under the following cir cumstances widow named Ann Rooney, a neighbour to the deceased, stated that on the Monday in question, about eleven in the forenoon, she was standing along with deceased close to a lamp-post on the pier-head, on the north side of the gut going into the Ki ng ' s Dock Basin. The tide was up , and there was an American ship coming into the King's Dock. It was blowing fresh, and the ship rap foul of the pier, near to where they were standing. Thejib-boom of the vessel caught the lamp, and broke the post in two, the top part of which fell on the head of the deceased, and felled him to the ground, and the lamp-post then fell on his right arm and left leg, and broke them. The p oor man was imme diately conveyed home, but died on his wa y there.—The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." SHORT-HAND FOR THE BLIND. --A very ingenious me thod of teaching the blind to read, has been invented by Mr. T H. Frere, formerly in one of the government offices in London, by means of embossed short-hand characters. In teaching the blind to read by means of embossed printing, from the size of the letters required to be sufficiently large for touch, many words spread out to a great length, over which the fingers have to travel, spelling the word by touch, syllable by syllable. Reading by this method is, necessarily, slow and tedious. By the valuable invention of Mr. Frere, of adopting short-hand embussed characters, by 'ro ans o f which a single touch conveys to the mind the idea of the word the fit - were ends read, almost with the rapidity of a glance, and the advantage of being able to read with facility is thus bestowed on the blind. The system of short-hand used is a very ingenious one, though rather diffuse; but ad apted for reading. Mr. Frere, the inventor, who has got several of the Gospels embossed in short-hand, has kindly proferred to instruct some of the blind at the Institution in this town. We, yesterday, heard several of the boys read a chapter from St. Paul, with great facility, after only seven lessons. We doubt not but when this mode of reading be comes known, it will be generally adopted fur the blind. MARSHA L So ULT.—This illustrious individual has consent ed to attend a dinner in Liverpool on the 20th instant. We find the following announcement in the Morning Post:— " On Saturday, the Mayor and two of the corporation of the second town in this kingdom, accompanied by the Directors of the Northern Railroads, waited upon his Excellency, to invite him, in the name of the inhabitants of Liverpool, to choose a day to do them the honour of diuing with th em, t h e railroad directors engaging to convey his Excellency down in ten hours and a half. We hear that the Marshal, being en gaged up to the 18th or 19th, has accepted for the 20th inst." We are confident that the Marshal will be received by all parties with every demonstration of respect, due not merely to the great nation to which he belongs, but to the veteran soldier who, in the heat of a sanguinary contest, paused to erect a monument over his equally generous opponent, Sir John Moore. We understand that this will not be the first. time that Marshal Soult has visited Liverpool. Shortly after the conclusion of the war, 'Shen .the allied Sovereigns were in London, we are informed that he paid a visit to the Earl of Sefton, and was present, in Clayton-square, at a political meeting over which the noble earl presided. Mn. WILLIAM Hirtsz.---We have been requested to call attention to the case of Mr. Hirst, formerly an extensive cloth manufacturer and merchant in Leeds, and much cele brated for the fineness and finish, superior quality and gene ral beauty of his manufacture; but who, in 1825, became involved in difficulties from the sudden depression in the price of wool, and other causes, and was made bankrupt in 1830; since which time, from the infirmities of age, (being now in his sixty-second year,) being totally incompetent to further exertion, he is in a state of poverty, with a large family, as he states, entirely dependent on him. In May last, the most influential merchants and manufacturers of Leeds, of all parties, memorialized Lord Melbourne, as first lord of the treasury, praying his lordship to recommend Mr. Hirst for the enjoyment of a pension, on the grounds of the great improvements effected by him in the manufacture and finishing of blue and black superfine cloth, causing a con siderable increase of emphiyment in the Yorkshire woollen trade, and the readiness with which he communicated his improvements to the public. In answer to this memorial, Lord M. ordered a grant of £2OO from the royal bounty, being the only means of relief at his lordship's disposal availa ble for this object. To this Lord Holland has added a dona tion of £2O, the Archbishop of York, £5, and several other noblemen, as well as manufacturing houses in Leeds, have contributed to the subscription. Mr. Hirst is new per sonally visiting Liverpool to receive subscriptions ; and we hope, even this imperfect sketch of his utility in an import ant branch of the manufactures of this country, and of his present distress in his old age, will interest in his favour many benevolent individuals in this town. MELANCHOLY RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday after noon, a melancholy accident beret Miss Eskrigge, the eldest daughter of T. Eskrigge, Esq., of Hope House, Warrington, on the branch of the Grand Junction Railway, leading to the Coal Depot. Mr. Eskrigge's house is situated in a street running parallel with the old railway, now exclusively used for coal and heavy goods. On Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Eskrigge sent her daughter, an interesting girl of ten years of age, across the line, to call 'l' homes Whittle, a ser vant man, at work in a field there, into the house. Miss Eskrigge, on delivering her errand, turned round to go home, and, skipping; across the railway, fell down. At this moment the Haddock coal-engine, under the charge of Greenough, a steady engineer, was seen approaching from the station; Miss Eskrigge became, as it were, panic-struck, and unable to move off the line. The wheels of the engine passed over her right foot, fractured both bones of the leg in two places, and actually split up the tibia main hone of the leg. That leg had to be amputated. The operation was performed by Mr. Sharp, in the presence of Dr. James Kendrick, Mr. Hardy, and Mr. John Kendrick. The leg was taken off above the knee joint. The left foot is considerably lacerated, but hopes are entertained that it will be saved Yesterday morning Mr. Sharp found that his patient had passed a mo derately good night, and, although she is at present in a ve6 precarious state, he is not without hope of her ultimate re. coverF.- . -Zriancliester Courier. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ACCOMMODATING TH !EVES.— A youth named Isaac Dixon, whose visits to the police-court are much more numerous than - to church or chapel, was, on Friday, placed in the dock, charged with having robbed a sailor on Thursday night. Thesailor stated that he ,was going home, eta rather late hour, when he met a gentleman in a frock coat, and another person. He was very groggy at the time. The " gentle man" asked him, in a very gentlemanly manner, if he would be so kind as to inform him in what direction Bispham-street lay. Complainant replied that he was going in that direc tion himself, and would point out the street to htm. As they went along, they came opposite to a public-house, and the " gentleman," as a slight repayment ter the civility of the sailor, begged that he might have the pleasure of treating him to a glass of ale. Jack assented, as a matter of course, and began to look upon his strange companion as a' devilish good fellow." When they lett the public-house, they pro ceeded, arm in arm, towards their destination, and by the time of their arrival in Bispham-street, the " gentleman" had be come so excessively fond of the "tar," that he declared he would not then go ho►r,e, but would go and take a walk with him. "He said I was a reg'lar rum fish, but he was a ruin urn and no mistake. He'd got me in a reg'lar line, your honour, and then fished my pockets, leaving me only one poor six pence to look at, like a monkey at a rotten nut." Magis trate—" Well, look about you, and tell me whether you can see the young gentleman.'; Sailor—" I think he (the pri soner) be one of 'em, but I can't swear, as I was very . groggy." Magistrate—" How much did you lose?" Sailor —" Eh ! I can't say that; I was very groggy—as full as a fish, else I shouldn't have been such a flat." The prisoner, who endeavoured to look like a very ill-used young man du ring the time of his examination, was remanded. SEA I.OUSY.—A decent-looking, matronly Scotswoman, who had a child in her arms, having, on Friday, been placed at ihe bar, a young and rather showily-dressed female, named Davis, neither killirigly handsome nor disgustingly ugly, entered the witness-box, and, having first smiled very amiably, began in a low tone to complain as follows : "This woman's (the prisoner's) husband came to me, sir, a few evenings ago, as he had done before, and pressed me very hard—" Prisouer—"An' mail's the shame that ye should let him do sae." Complainant (without noticing the interruption)—" Pressed me very - hard, I assure you, sir, to go and take a walk with him. I replied, 0 no, that will never do, because you are another woman's husband; it would be quite improper in me to do so." Magistrate—" Yes, I dare say you exhibited uncommon prudence." Com plainant—" Yes, sir, I acted as a prudent woman ought to do in such cases; he had'a wife of his own, and therefore —" Prisoner—" Couldna ye as weel hae teilt him that ye had a husband o' ,yer ain? Ye wouldna gang wi Jock, ye say, because he had a wife, not because ye had a husband yersel, Out on ye!" . Magistrate—" Are you a married woman?" Complainant—" Yes, sir: but my husband is in Africa; he is a cooper.—Well, sir, as 1 was telling you, I positively refused to walk or talk to him ; but I just hap pened accidentally to mention the name of the place where I was going to —" Magistrate—•'Not intending, of course, that he should follow you ?" Complainant—" 0 dear, no, sir !—and he came there after me, and how could I help it? Well, sir,in c6nsequence of that, this woman came into my house and called me most ridiculous names, posi tively infamous, sir; she abused in a manner I can't mention, sir, and struck me, sir, and all because her husband had bad the audacity to speak to me when I told him not." Mattis trate—" A case of jealousy. Why did you (prisoner) go into her house?" Prisoner—" I didn't go intil the house at a', sir; this was in the yard. I jest shook her for walking out with him, and ca'd her a bit hussy, or such like, and she lifted up her foot and kickit me on the left breast. They made an appointment, and a' the neighbours kenn'd o't weel eneugh. But it's nae uncommon thing this wi' her. There's always married women comin' till her boose, to ask for their husbands." Mr. Hall seemed willing to act leniently, and visit the offence with only a slight pecuniary punishment. Prisoner—" But I'm vera puir the noo, and I hope yer ho nour 'll no be hard wi' me." Mr. Hall—" But you can pay the costs at least, my good woman; you had better do so." Prisoner—" I dinna ken. He (her husband) took a good deal of money, and never put a halfpenny in the house." With some difficulty she was prevailed to come 'to this ar rangement; but, not having the money with her, a friend proffered to fetch it. " Na," said the jealous wife, in a tone of asperity that was ominous of any thing but peace towards her guidinan, tell the loon to come hisself—directly." SHIPBUILDER'S BENEFIT SOCIETY-THE RIVAL SELRE, TA lES.—A case Of assault, originating in a dispute between the members of the Liverpool Shipwright's Benefit Society, came before Mr. H all on Friday, which occupied a consider able time in the adjustment, although excessively trifling in itself. The parties were Mr. Isaac Thompson and Mr. John Foy, each calling himself secretary of the aforenamed society. Mr. Snowball'appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Daven port for the defendant. From the evidence of the different witnesses, it appeared that the Shipwrights' Society is divided into two parties, one of which, about 100 in number, have elected Mr. Isaac Thompson as their secretary, while the other, numbering from 400 to 500, have elected Mr. John Foy to fill that office. The two parties had been in the habit of meeting simultaneously at a building in Bold-street be longing to them, and the two secretaries were in the habit of sitting side by side, for the transaction of business; but latterly, it appears, one party has laid claim to a right of ex clusive possession, and has endeavoured to deprive the other of the opportunity of meeting therein. The Foy party, it would appear, had then, to prevent ill-feeling, agreed to meet upon such nights as the building would not be required by the Thompsonites; out their moderation led to their tempo rary ejection: they found, on presenting themselves at the usual place of meeting, that the doors were locked, and in gress unattainable. , To, prevent the recurrence o f suc h a disagreeable circumstance they reverted to their original meeting nights. On Monday night last the two parties met: Mr. Thompson had taken his seat in the usual place, when, much to his surprise; 'Mr. Foy entered, ceremoniously seated himself at the elbow of his rival, and requested him to make a little more room for his book. The request would seem to have led to a somewhat uncourteous reply, and the upshot was that secretary. Foy struck or pushed secretary Thompson in the side with his elbow. Mr. II all t bought that the con duct of the two parties was extremely absurd. 'Why did not: they meet in a spirit of good will, and let the majority come to a decision which should be binding on all? If they could not do so, surely they might come t o an agreement t o perm i t Foy and his party to meet on one night, and Thompson and his party on another night. By so doing, neither Would pre judice any right in the building which they might possess. There could be no doubt that the two secretaries were very important men in their own opinion; but he thought the in tertotatn -4-/azira u/d be bet . amicable settlement or li the two planets Must not appear on the same night, let the shipwrights do as he had advised, and not go to law about the matter; if they did, he hoped that both parties would suffer for their stupidity. The magistrate at last brought the secretaries to consent that, pending the settlement of right, the two parties should use the building, each to meet upon different nights. ill also advised them, through the means of their respective attorneys, to come to some final compromise in the matter, so as to do away with their foolish disputes. With this ad vice, the two parties were dismissed. THE LAST STAGE OF HUMAN DEGRADATION.—On Satur day, at the Police-office, John Bold, publican, of King-street, Kirkdale, was summoned before the magistrates on a charge of harbouring drunken and disorderly characters in his house. Inspector Thompson stated that in consequence of his atten tion having been called to the house from hearing singing and noise within, at ten minutes before five o'clock on Sun day morning last, he entered it and there found 18 men and 4 women, most of them drunk. Mr. Crewe, Solicitor, who appeared on behalf of the defendant, enquired if the Inspec tor was sure any of them were drunk. Inspector.—" Yes I am; there was one man so drunk that he was reclining in a corner, and another was holdiny a glass to his mouth to drink he was too drunk to drink!" Mr. Hall said it would appear they had been drinking there all night, fur at five o'clock in the morning they were found in this helpless state. The de fendant was fined 40s. and costs. UTTERING BASE COPPER COiN.-011 Friday, at the Police office, two Irishmen, named M'lvoy and M'Kenna, were brought before Mr. Hall, charged with uttering a quantity of base copper coin. Their transactions, from the statements made in court, appeared to be very extensive, The first named priioner gave £9 of the spurious copper to a trades man in exchange for silver, allowing a discount of sixpence in the pound, and he offered large quantities to others, who declined receiving them. The tradesman passed the copper, without being at all conscious of its being spurious. On the apprehensioa of M'lvoy, a quantity of the same metal was found at his lodgings, and a letter, from which it appeared that the spurious coin was forwarded to him from Belfast by the other prisoner. The letter also intimatedthe writer's in tention of leaving Belfast by the steamer on a given day, so that, on landing from the packet, he was immediately appre -, headed by an officer waiting to receive him. Two large bags were found on b oar d the steamer Victoria, belonging to M'lvoy, and it appeared from the statement of the mate of the Corsair steamer, that he had been frequently in the habit of bringing bags of copper from Belfast at the request of M'Kenna for the prisoner M'lvoy. The copper consisted of pennies —harps, as they are generally called; the greater portion bore the impress of George IV., and was dated 1828. It appeared to be compounded of a very course alloy, and the pennies were thin and light. Mr. Hall remanded the pri soners until the Mint was made acquainted with the case, de claring at the same time his belief that the Mint would deem it advisable to prosecute for the offence. CRUELTY To A House.'—Nicholas Sloane, a carter, was summoned to appear before Mr. Hall, on Saturday, an in ' formation from Mr. Joyce, an officer from the Customs.— Mr. Joyce stated, that, on Thursday last, he saw the defend. ant beating a draught horse very brutally with his whip. The animal plunged' and endeavoured to get free, but was held fast by another man. The punishment was so severe that several deep marks were inflicted in the breast. He (wit uess) • remonstrated with the defendant, and was told, by the man who held the horse's head, that it was exceedingly un mi,nageable. Witness replied that such treatment was enough to drive the creature mad. The horse had, in his pain, nearly jumped into one o f the bond e d vau l ts . M r. Hall asked to whom the horse belonged. Mr. Joyce said it was the property of Mr. Briscoe. He (witness) went to the last-named individual, and told him what had happened. Mr. Briscoe said the man had done perfectly right, as the horse was very refractory. Mr. Joyce asked him if he allowed ' his horses to be used in such' a manner. Mr. Briscoe made very light of the matter. and said, the horse deserved lick ing.—Mr. "It is a pity he did not feel a little of it himself." The defendant's wife, who appeared for him, said, "My husband was not the driver of the cart, sir. He was passing at the time, sir, with his own cart, and the driver of the t'other cart axed him if he'd be so good as to give the hoss a cut or two with his whip, sir. 'Cordinlee, being a good natured man, he turned too, an' gave the hoSs a whippin'. It was not his boss, sir, or lie wouldn't a done it, of course, for he's very kind to his own bosses--he hes that charick-ter, sir. Not being his own boss, he didn't care so much, sir, of coorse, but just did as the t'other man tould him, sir." Mr. Joyce pointed to where the real driver of Mr. Briscoe's horses stood, and said, "That man held the horse fast by the head while the other man beat it, and the chief cruelty was, that the lash was made to ciit all about one spot, (the breast)." William Nevitt, Briscoe's driver, was called up, and he attempted to palliate his own fault by throwing the blame on Sloane. Mr. Hall said the conduct of both patties had been exceedingly brutal. Sloane was ordered to and costs, and 181 r.. Hall directed information should be laid against Nevitt. • • A MODERN Dort JUAN.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, an interesting-looking young woman, who gave her name as Marian Hastings, and who appeared to be in the family way, was charged by a dirty, ill-favoured individual, about forty years of twe, named O'Dogherty, with having pawned his clothes. The complainant stated that the prisoner lived in his service, and had pawned a variety of the furniture of his wardrobe. On' being asked what she had to say in defence the prisoner burst into tears. A respectable middle-aged woman, who represented herself as the step-mother of the prisoner, here stood up, and stated that the prisoner lived in the service of the complainant, who bad seduced her, and she was now in the family way by him, and that the charge was only a trick to get rid of her. The witness had no sooner done speaking than a middle-aged Irishwoman, decently dressed, but whose .mother had evidently not studied the graces, when engaged in the important office of bringing her into the world, stood up, and with much heat addressed the magistrate as she unceremoniously elbowed the complainant out of the way. " Dhis is my hushbant yer warship, an' I'm his wife." O'Dogherty.—" No such a thing." Mr. Hall. —Are you the wife that wrote me 17 letters; and each letter as long as three ordinary ones?" Wife.—" Yes, sure. I am ; an' you must jist excuse me as I'm no scholard." (A laugh.) Mr. Hall.—" Where is Ann Fielding, the other wife of the complainant, whom you mention in your letter?" Wife.—" I don't know, .sir; they've made id up among themselves." O'Dogherty (with much apparent indigna tian )—" I never was married to her in my life? Mr. Hall (tote wife.)—"What is your tiame ?" Wife;,—"Bridget O'Dogherty." Mr. Hall (to complainant.)—"Well, here are Bridget O'Dogherty's marriage lines stating that she is your wife." O'Dogberty.---"Nothing ov the kind." Bridget.—" Indeed, an' I was marri'd to 'im lawfully in March last, at dhe Parish Church irt Doblin." Mr. Hail.— "And this poor unfortunate creature has been seduced by him, (addressing the complainant.) I believe your character is very bad. This girl is now in the family way by you." O'Dogherty.—"Not by me." .Prisoner.—" - Yes, Lean take my oath of it; you know it well." b 1 r. Hall (to complain ant.)—" You deserted your other wife.', O'Dogherty.— "No sick a thing; she deserted me, are.iiin off wid a pedlar, and robbed me." Bridget.—" What he says, yer honour, is not to be believed." The mother-in-law of the prisoner en quired if the prisoner was not to have her wages; that she could not get paid? O'Dogherty.—" 06, she is £4 in my debt." Mr. Hall ordered the prisoner to be discharged, and said he should institute an inquiry as to whether or not the .complainant bad two wives; and if so be should have him prosecuted. SAILORS' FOLLY.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a thief and two prostitutes named John Smith, Ann Wordsworth, and Margaret Blair, were charged by a sailor with having robbed him of all his wages, which he had just drawn. The complainant, who appeared to have been so tong at sea as hardly to have intelligence enough to conduct himself on land, and certainly not enough to keep himself out of mis chief, stated, that he " fell in with" the male prisoner, and offered to treat him to a glass of grog, to which the prisoner agreed, provided his two female companions were treated. The parties, together with a shipmate of the complainant's, then all adjourned to a public-house, where they cont rived to get themselves fuddled into a happy state of obliviousness, when, according to the testimony of the complainant's ship mate, whilst the women were engaging the attention of the complainant with no very tender or delicate dalliance, the male prisoner, finding he could not pick his pocket, pulled out his knife, and whipped off the pocket with all it contain ed, about £2 10s., the want of which had not only taken frOm the complainant the capability of enjoying the happiness of being drunk, but had also deprived him of food and lodgir. The prisoners were remanded for further inquiry. SIMPLICITY. —Yesterday, at the Police-office, a simple looking labourer, named-James Andrews. who stated that he was a plasterer, charged a common prostitute named Eliza Jones, with having robbed him of 12s. "This woinan," said he, " asked me if I would give her a glass of ale, and I said, if she was in necessity I would give her twopenny worth, —(laughter,)—and while I was talking to her she robbed ine of 125.; she did, indeed, sir." (Continued laughter.) Mr. Hall—" Were you drunk ?" Complainant —" No,. sir—l was quite sober." Mr. Hall—" Did you feel her take it from your pocket ?" "No, but she was in my society *hen she took It—(a laugh). The woman was sent for one month to the Borough Rouse of Correction. INQUEST ON THOMAS HALLIGAN. Yesterday an inquest was held on the body of Thomas lalligan, labourer, who was stabbed on Sunday morning, at ane o'clock, (an account of which is briefly given elsewhere.) before W. H. Statham, Esq., Deputy Coroner. James Highani, labourer, (the prisoner) who is in cus tody on a charge of stabbing the deceased, is an ill-looking man, with lowering looks, dressed in a poaching sort. of velveteen coat. He appeared wholly unconcerned during the examination of the witnesses. He has, we understand, been tried before fora similar offence. John Colburn being examined, deposed that he was a labourer, and worked at the brickfields at Egremont, where he lived. He came over to Liverpool on Saturday evening for a pair of boots, and staid in Liverpool, as it was too late to go back again. He was at Mr. Keevans, the pawnbrokers, at about ten minutespast ten o'clock, at the top of Coifing wood-street, in Scotland-road. In about three quarters of an hour he went from there to Lane's public-house, corner of Naylor-street, in Vauxball-road. He and souse of his ac quaintances found three men down stairs. Two of the men with him knew them, and they drank amongst them six quarts of ale. The deceased was one of the men whom he met in Vauxhall-road, and helped to drink the ale. They stopped there till five minutes to 12 o'clock, when the land lord told them it was time to go out. The deceased, and a man named Patrick Moore, came out with him, and they stood talking in Vauxhall-road. He was not tipsy, and the other two men were pretty steady. He saw the prisoner, Higham, cross over from the opposite side of Vauxhall-road towards where they were standing, and said to them, "Are vou the same men that you have been before?" He did not know which of them he spoke to. One of the other men gave answer that he was. About half a minute afterwards he heard the deceased say, " Oh, Lord God, I am stabbed!" He saw no scuffling before this. The prisoner then ran away, and he (witness) followed hint. The deceased called out, " He've a knife," meaning that the prisoner had a knife. He (witness) went up to the prisoner, and said, "Dont stab me ?" He replied, " I'll serve you the same as I've. served the other." He tried his best to trip the prisoner, and he fell down. He thought he could hold him till he got a police man. They!had a struggle', and he (witness) tell, and the prisoner go t away from him, and he saw him run into the first court in Naylor-street. lie (witness) gut up and sa w Mary Ann Sweeney standing in the street. He seized hold of her, and went down the street in search of a policeman, when three or four young men follriwed her and got the young woman away from him, and slipped another in her stead. He then found that blood was running do.n his az ru and down his clothes, and that he was wounded in his right arm above the elbow, and he went to the Dispensary. He saw the prisoner afterwards in 13ridewell, and did not see Halligan after he cried out he was stabbed, until he saw him dead in the Dispensary. The deceased worked in a soapery. There was no quarrel between the prisoner and the de ceased, to his knowledge. He could not tell why the pri soner crossed the street to their party. He would swear the prisoner was the man who crossed the street, and that at that time he wore a whire jacket. Policeman 155 stated That he went to the prisoner's lodgings, and found a young man there wearing'a white 'jacket, when, on being questioned, he said belonged to the prisoner, and he had lent the prisoner his velveteen coat. The vrisoner was made to try the jacket, and it was found to fit him, and was also stained with blood. Patiiek Maude deposed that he worked in Messrs. Barber and Morris' soapery, in Paul -street, and lived in Margaret place, Canning-street. The deceased worked in the same place, and lived next door but two to mine. The deceased and he left the soapery togethet'a little after seven o'clock on Saturday, together with James Curry and - four other men, who worked at the same place. They_all went to a public house at the corner' of Canning-street and Vauxhall-road. They had there some whiskey and ale. They (lid nut stop a; fri tieer-ificip i n CiTiltnntrirmit'ir.Alkw.e* t0..J.0 Li it I-I anail. ale. They left there at a little after ten o'clock, and Thomas Halligan, the deceased, he and another man, whose name he did not know, went to Lane's public-house at the corner of Naylor-street, and had been there about quarter of an hour when Colburn and a man named Patrick Conner came in. They there had some ale and staid till the mistress said it was time to go. They then went into Naylor-street, and he wanted Thomas Halligan to go home with him. He was capable of minding himself, but was not sober. The deceased was more sober than he was. Thomas Halligan, John Colburn, and he stood talking together in Vauxhall- - road, at the corner of N ay lor•street. He (witness) went down Titheharn-street about ten yards, and stopped to see if the deceased was coming; when he turned round, he saw him scuffling with a man in a white jacket. He (witness) went back to him, and by the time he had got up to him he had left off scuffling witb the man, and was coming towards him, when he saw the man in the white jacket run away, and John Colburn run after him. The man with tho white jacket fell at the corner of Naylor street; he (witness) went tip to him and gave him two kicks, and then left him, and went back to the deceased, and as he was going he heard a female voice say loud enough to be heard by the man in the white lacket,—"lt was James Higham' or " Himes that stabbed the man." The deceased was just faliing when he (witness) went up to him, and sup ported him to the Dispensary. He never spoke a word ex cept saying he was stabbed. He asked him if be knew the man that stabbed him, and be attempted to speak but could not. When they got to the Dispensary, the Surgeon said he could'do nothing for him, that he was dying, and he died in a few minutes while he staid. The prisoner was exactly the height of the man that had the white jacket on. He did not see any one come to scuffle with the deceased. He did not know that the prisoner was in Lane's public-house. Mary Ann Sweeney, a workwoman at Mr. Fletcher's, colour manufacturer, Vauxhall-road. She was parting with some friends at the top of Naylor-street about 12 o'clock on Saturday night, when she saw the prisoner, whom she knew very well, having lived neighbour to him, dressed in a white jacket, and on his hands and knees, and his hat at a short distance from him. There were three men stood over him ; John Colburn was one; the prisoner got up with his hat in his band, and said, "chaps, that is not fair," on which one of the three men went and gave him a blow, or a kick, and knocked him into the middle of the street.. One of the three men then went back to a butcher's shop, near where she first saw the prisoner, and she saw blood .pouring from his left side, and he said "Pm stabbed; I'm dead.' On that she turned round to Ann Donegan and said, "Oh, James High ems; James Highams," meaning the prisouct. After the man that was stabbed had walked three or four yards, he fell on his 'knees, and he was carried to the Dispensary. John Colburn then got bold of her, and was bringing her tip the Steps, hut the surgeon would not let them in. She was stand ing in Vauxhall-road with Colburn, and his arm was bleeding very badly, and , covered her with blood, and a crowd collected round her; but her brother rushed amongst the crowd, and asked what was to do, and got her away. The prisoner Highams had worked in a warehouse about two months back, and she did not know where he had worked before. She could not say whether Highams had been in the habit of wearing a white jacket, but she saw him in one on Saturday night. She thought Maude was the third man that was over High ams when she first saw him. There was no one near enough to stab the man that was stabbed except Maude, andColburn, and the prisoner. Thomas Clayton, tammerman, in the employment of Messrs. Forrester, and Co's. foundry, Vauxh-all-road. He and some of his companions were standing talking- at the . corner of Naylor-.street, about going to the race course next morning. It was about twelve o'clock. He hoard a scuffle, and turned round, and saw a man with a white jacket lying on the flags. Men were standing over him, but nobody touched him, su long as he lay on 'the flags, which was about a minute. He then got up, and was walking away, when a man followed him. In the course of two minutes a scuffle took place between the two men. In a few minutes after, deceased ran over to a butcher's shop, where there was a gas light, and he (witness) heard some one say, " I am stabbed." He went over to the deceaSed; and assisted to carry him to the North Dispensary. He was bleeding so, that he thought he would vile in the street. He stayed with him at the Dis pensary till he died. Thomas Pimblet examined; stated, that he was a porter living in Heaton-street. and knew the prisoner. They had been working together for the last three weeks amongst cot ton, for Mr. Hyde. He was with him on Saturday night last, they went home together when they left off work. After get ting their tea, they went out to St. John's Market, with Moses Gott. It might be close upon 10 o'clock when they came out of the market. They went towards home, and called at the Cross Keys, in Vauxhall-road, and had two glasses of of ale each, and left there about eleven o'clock, and went towards home. He was sober. They were opposite Naylor street, and the prisoner went across the street to speak to a girl he saw there. He turned round for a minute, and on looking towards him again , saw the prisoner on the flags, and one or two men kickinghim. The prisoner got up and went down Naylor-street, and he (witness) went down after him, and in a short time he found him up in An entry there, and he (the prisoner) asked him to . change jackets. Before, he had ou a white moleskin jacket. He (witness) had on the fustian coat now worn by'the prisoner, which the prisoner put on. The prisorier'asked'him jibe would put on his jacket, and he (witness) said he was not afraid to put it on as he bad done nothing amiss. They then went to the prisoner's house at the bottom of Regent-street, and the prisoner then sadl.)- wanted him to change jackets for good; but he (witness) said he did not like to do so till he had asked his wife, and bid him ' (mod night, and went home with the prisoner's jacket on. He delivered the jacket to a policeman named John Bell, about half-past three o'clock on Sunday morning. The reason he lent the prisoner his coat was, that he said he was afraid he should get leathered again. The prisoner was ra ther intoxicated when he left the Cross Keys. The prisoner had told him he was a spinner. Ne had seen him working with cotton with a knife with a blade about two inches long, and half an inch•broad. It had rather a sharp point. John Bell, policeman, deposed to the jacket the prisoner now had on was the same be received from the last witness on Sunday morning, at his house in Heaton-street.. He showed it to the prisoner in Bridewell, where he denied all knowledge of it. Mr. John Grant, one of the visiting surgeons of the North Dispensary deposed, that he was on duty on Saturday night and Sunday moiuing last, at the Dispensary. At a little after twelve o'clock, on Sunday morning, he heard a loud knocking at the side door, in Freemason's-row, which he im mediately opened, and a man, coveted with blood, carried by MAN AND WIFE. several persons, who said be was stabbed, was brought in. The man could not speak. He had him taken into the shop, and on removing his clothes, he found a wound on the ...lower part of the abdomen, on the left side, from, which he was bleeding rather freely. He immediately placed his finger on the wound, to arrest the further flow of blood, but he died in about one minute after his clothes had been removed. --No thing could be done to save him. He had, that day, examined the body of the deceased, and found two wounds ; one on the front of the chest, the other on the lower part of the left side of the abdomen, about one inch long. The skin and muscles were divided, and the external illiac artery half cut ,across. The intestines were uninjured. This wound was the cause of death. It appeared to have been inflicted with a:knife, such as is usually carried by sailors. The wound on the front of the chest was of little consequence. He also, about a quarter of an hour afterwards, dressed the arm- of JOhn Coleburn, who had received a punctured wound, and he was of opinion it was inflicted by the same instrument. The Coroner thought they were now in a situation to close the Case, on the part of the crown, and it was open for the prisoner to call witnesses, but unless he could •call such as would quite contradict the evidence against him, it was only a waste of time. The prisoner said, at first, he had no witnesses, but after wards wished Moses Gott to be examined on his behalf. The witness stated, that was a hammerman, in Mr. Vernon's yard, at the New North Wall. He lodged in the prisoner's house. They went together from home on Saturday night to the Cross Keys, and they had two glasses of ale a-piece. They then went to St. Johu's Market; from there they went to a pub lic house in Hood -street, where they bad a glass of ale ; from there they went to the Cross Keys again. The prisoner had three glasses of ale, and he had three glasses of cider. They went out of the Cross Keys at shutting up time, and ; then came down Vauxhall-road, and there wer e some g i r l s, and a young man standing at the top of Nayl or - street, an d then the prisoner was kn o cked down, and he g o t up, and was knocked down again. Then there were four men round him, and he held his hands up to keep them froze kicking his face. The prisoner then shouted out pick my hat up, and he (witness) was looking for his hat, he (the prisoner) got away from him, and he did not see him for half an hour. He got his bat, and be and 'Thomas Pimblet went doWn Naylor street to look for him. He (witness) left Thomas Pimblet, and ran through Gladstone-street into Freemason's -row. He afterwards met the prisoner, and he and Thomas Pimblet had changed .their jackets, and he did not know them till they called him. The witness then corroborated the state ment of Pimblet, about the prisoner wanting to " swap" jackets. The deputy. .coroner carefully summed up the evidence: They had the surgeon's evidence that the wound was the cause of death, and the evidence of Colburn was very conclu sive, that the prisoner was the party who had stabbed the de ceased. They had also Ann Sweeney calling out the pri soner's name,.and there could be nodoubt of the reason of it. And they had the evidence of the surgeon, that the wounu on Colburn's arm was by a similar instrument. If the jury thought that Colburn was sufficiently . sober to remark what Akas going on, he was of opinion theirlverdiet must be wil ful murder, for there was malice aforethought in his coming across the street, andafterwards threatening to serve Colburn th e same. The evidence of Maude went to show, that there was a scuf fle, and if the jury should be of opinion that the stab was inflicted during a fight, it ttonld be manslaughter only.; On the whole of the evidence, be thought their verdict ought to be manslaughter. The Jury expressed a wish to retire at a quarter to nine o'clock, the inquiry having occupied five hours and a.half, After an absence of a quarter of an hour, they returned, and found the prisoner guilty of " ijUl Murder." The prisoner being cautioned that what he might say might be brought against him, was asked if he wisbed to s a y anything. He said, "they knocked me down, and I don't know who it was, but it is false that I used any instrument. I was knocked down two or three times and kicked. I have the marks on me now where I was kicked." The prisoner was then committed to take his trial at the assizes. The several witnesses were then bound over to give evi dence. A crowd of 600 or 700 people surrounded the office door of the Coroner, waiting to hear the verdict. QUARTER SESSIONS. interest which occupied the c our t on that The business or these Sessions closed on F r id ay. The • CHARGE OF ASSAULT. doanylyncitassetboeffoalnloywing:— , Mr. Jonathan Spinks, of the Black Bull Hotel, mar ket,l-jav fausislatiolftinbgoilaiumgal%n_antearmuedpoßn rhinitndi,e,arbiay Brindle, said that; on the w w i n a , s p a indicted te a-kt f jl o ea r m e s The prosecutor, 261 h of thereby scaldinhgehi:,eittanidndtooitnhge l i i l i o m us g e re o a f t t b h o e d f i l l e y fe i n nj d u an ry t . and January last, thro called for a glass of whiskey, and whets he was served with " it he said to the defendant," how do you do? c an y ou p l ay at dice to-day?" The defendant asked, Did von ever see me play at dice?" and Brindle said he had, on which Spinks called him a liar, and on the assertion being repeated, he added that Brindle was a " G—d d ---_d liar." The r. t then During. weu the touti and the prosecutor seat e d hi mself in the batime lie was sitting there, the defendant went backwards and forwards, and at length he took a riker and knocked off the lid of a kettle, and then taking the kettle in his hand, he poured its contents upon the prosecutor's leg. The prosecutor became frantic with pain, but he was never theless forcibly thrust out of the house by the defendant, who jumped upon his hat, which fell off in the struggle. lii cross-examination, the prosecutot said it was about half-past one o'clock in the day when the assault was com mitted; that he was perfectly sober, having only drank one glass of ale before the glass of whiskey which he called for at the house of the defendant. The ale he drank at the house of a person named Thornton, whom he had not asked to accompany him to Spinks's, nor had Thornton refuted to accompany him, refusing to be seen in the streets with a drunken man. A surgeon was called to prove that the prosecutor came to his surgery on the day mentioned with scalded legs ; and that he was under medical treatment several weeks. In cross-examination, he said he apprebended.that morti fication would supervene, owing to the state of .the prosecu tor's hod:y t he having been much addicted to . hiszlips ln : , contraniction to the prosecutor, and never was case so cOntradicted, Mr...and Mrs. Thornton were calledi and proved that the prosecutor was at their house, as be had stated, about twelve o'clock on the day in question, but instead of bp„in:A iober, as be had sworn, they said .b.e prosercaur 'non' \lt y nearly Ilfrlto'Clkr.tte...Yt - iit their house, and, but for her saving him, he would have done so. It was not true, as he had stated, that he had only a glass of ale there, for he drank two glasses of Whiskey, and no ale at all; and Mr. Thornton stated that the prosecutor did ask him to accompany him to Spinks's, but he refused, not wishing to be seen with a man in such a state of drunkenness. Mr: Hill, a coach-proprietor, and another witness, named Roberts, who were m Mr. Spinks's house at the time of the accident, proved that the prosecutor was very drunk and noisy, and*that he was crossing in front of the tire from one seat to another and fell in the attempt, striking the kettle with his arm as he was falling, and knocked it upon hiriaself, Mr. Spinks at the time being in another part of the house. They also stated that it was not true that the prosecutor was immediately thrust out of the house without sympathy or assistance, for that Miss and Mr. Spinks took off the prosecutor's shoes and stockings to examine the scalded parts, which did not then appear much injured; end the pro secutor, too, was allowed to remain, disturbintt the Company, until they complained of his conduct, and th !n he was de sired to go away, and ultimately put out, but with no more force or violence than was necessary. The prosecutor was flatly contradicted on many other points by the witness Ro berts; other witnesses would have been called but the court did not deem it necessary; and it is scarcely necessary to add that the jury acquitted the defendant. Mr. Venahles, the barrister, conducted the case, and Mr. Murphy and Mr. Preston defended it. As the case proceeded, so disgusted was the prosecutor's counsel with the false charges made against the defendant, that he would frequently have thrown up his brief, but was prevented by the attorney fur the prosecution, Mr. Jones. ST. SWITIIIN'S DAY.—The watery saint sustained his character on Sunday, a smart shower having fallen between twelve and one o'clock. The remainder of the day was beautifully fine. The satirical Churchill mentions the fol lowing superstitious notions concerning rain on this day : " July, to whom, the dog star in her train, - St. James gives eysters, and St. Swithin Brand, in his " Popular Antiquities," says, " I have beard these lines unon St. Swithiu's day: " Si. Swithin's day, if thou dost rain Fcr forty days it will remain : St. SWithin's day, if thou be fair, .. .'7 For rutty days 'twill rain na mair." MOST WANTON OUTRAGE NEAR ST. HELEN'S.-OXI Mon day last, a young man, named Reece Rigby, went to the en gine-house at one of the collieries of Thomas Caldwell, Esq., called Burton-head Colliery, between one and two o'clock, and in the most.wanton manner produced the death of two persons, and injured a third. It appears that the engineer, a person named Hilton, had left the spot to fetch a wisket of coals to feed the furnace, when Rigby, ip,reply to the Banks man, who told him not to touch the engine, said he could work it as well as the engineer. The banksman lighted his pipe and went away; Rigby remained behind, and immedi ately turned on the steam in its full power. The engine, of course, began at a rapid rate, and drew up a basket in which four Itersons had placed themselves, for the purpose of being brought to the surface. - The engineer was called on to stop the engine. but, before he could do so, the basket was carried at a fearful speed over the head-peering, and three of the four were precipitated with violence to the ground. One, a mar ried man, named Robert Refiley, who has left a pregnant wife, was killed on the spot; another had his arm broken ; and the third fortunately escaped unhurt. 4 boy, about ten years of age, name Idenry 2t•dt.tainson, - howevnr„inet with a dreadful death. On perceiving the danger, he attempted to leap from the basket, and fell down the pit, a depth of neatly one hundred yards, and was dashed to pieces. The poor boys head was severed in two, and his brains snAt.r..,l about, and every bone was broken. The body was brought up in a sheet, dreadfully mangled, and his brains in a basin. Rigby, against whom a warrant was out for a robbery, immediately ab sconded, and has not vet been apprehended. . On. Tuesday last, an Inquest was held by John Heyes, Esq., and areapec.- table jury, on the bodies, and a verdict of T ithnilatighter" was returned against both the engineer (Hilton) andltighy. The former was committed for trial at the next Liverpool Assizes, and the coroner issued his warrant_ for the .ap4ireben sion of the latter:-- Wigan.Gazette. RIOT AT ST. H ELENS .—A TTAC K ON THE P 110TESTANTs. Thursday being the anniversary of the battle of .tl4Povue, the Protestant Association assembled to cOminern4it; it. About noon they marched in procession, preceded brailiand and flags, consisting of the Union Jack, &c., the party wear jog blue and white sashes. On reaching a part of the town inbabited by a great body of the lower class of Irish, a signal was given by a gang at a corner of one of the. streets in Greenbank, and immediately the attack commenced by a volley of stones being thrown at the Protestants.,..T.4le.latter made no resistance, but were proceeding along, ,when one of their body, an old man, named Peter Finney, a. warin,Pro testant, residing at Whiston, near Prescot, was. knOcked down with a brickbat. This so exasperated the Protestants, that they turned on Urn. opponents, and although few in number compared with the latter, proved the stionger,partv. A general row was the consequence; the Daniel O'Connell, and another beet-shop kept by a woman nained . O'Brien, were completely gutted, as well as about half a dozen cot tages near, occupied by the Irish who had cotnirreid the attack. Two females were injured in the affray, Mrs. O'Brien and Mrs. Jennings. These belonged to the assailantC A young female, appearentiv in delicate health, went to her door to witness the row, when' she was assailed by two sir three blood-thirsty villains, whocalled out "that's an:Orangenian ; d—n her, kill her;" and certainly were veryneenautting their threats into execn:ion, for one of them threw a stone which laid open her forehead. The constables were soon actively engaged in endeavouring to put down t di . stiiif.?:ince, and after capturing ten men, the most active in it, alit! two females, they succeeded for a time at least. It wat rizpectecl that the attack on the Protestants -would- be renewtat last night, but we hope it was not. A considerable :amount of (imago was done, the cottages inhabited -by,the uSsailants having scarcely a whole pane of glass left, an entire window frame or any furniture that was not damaged,— Wi y ,„,,G,„ :. W A LEING MATCH ON BOONLEY COM.MON 0E4250 MiLEs. —flupedestri an , copleted w a AioY' the m weeks,lio att the rate of due mile, and lk i . Monday g 25 inl afternoon , es in a quarter for every successive hour. He appeared .gt - tatly fatigued, and seemed much s wo l n, part i cular l y a b o nttbelegs aad feet, for want of proper rest. Th e ma t c .h:we n Bromley Gammon, and Molloy was prObilated from t performed • any beverage stronger than tee, br coffee, which was strictly adhere'! Le.rge qms of sneney were depending on the result, *,l