The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-23 00:00:00

RENEWAL OF LlCENSES.—Yesterday was the day ap pointed for the renewal of publicans' licenses, at the Ses sions -house. The court was crowded throughout the day, but nothing particular occurred. The money received for "renewals" (7s. 6d. each) appeared to amount to a very large sum. Tina EATHER.nce our ,we have been viited With rather heavy and —Si refreshing last showers. On Friday s and Sunday nights the rain fell in great abundance, and will, no doubt, be of considerable benefit to the country, which be fore was rather parched and dry, but this has not deteriorated in the least the splendid harvest weather with which a boun tiful Providence has blessed us. The greatest part of the corn in this neighbourhood has been cut, and housed in ex cellent order. The second crops of clover are very fine. DEATH OF A YOUTH WHILE BATHlNG.—Richard, the son of James Stanley, a labourer. residing in Chapel-lane, B edford -street, Toxteth-park, went on Saturday last to the Old Pottery Dock to bathe. After he had got into the water considerably beyond his depth, one of his companions ob serving him as if struggling, cried out, "You are tired," When the deceased instantly sunk, and never rose to the sur face. Information was conveyed to his father, who found the body when the tide retired from the spot. The inquest will be held this day. SUMMARY JUSTlCE.—Yesterday, just before the rising of the Police -court, a young fellow, named John Robinson. Was brought up a prisoner by one of the police. It appeared that about a 'quarter of an hour before he had been seen in the provision cellar of Messrs. Kirkpatrick, in Temple street, by Mr. Lenning, their clerk, in the act of helping himself to a keg of butter, which he had removed from the tier down to a pile of bacon, when he was detected before he could complete his project. The prisoner affected in court to he quite drunk, fixing his eyes wildly and waving nis body about, but it appeared he was quite sober when detected and after being given into custody. He was committed to hard labour for three months. ' THE SOUTHPORT POLICE.—At the Police-court yester day, an elderly man named Thomas Howard was placed at the bar. Mr. Dowling said he was taken into custody in this town in consequence of a letter he had received describ ing him as having been connected with a housebreaking and robbery in that place. Police-officer Lloyd stated, that when he captured the prisoner, he (the latter) said that be knew nothing at all about the robbery, but that a man who lodged with him had brought the property to his house. No witness appeared against the prisoner. Mr. Rushton said, this was one of those cases in which police-officers of other towns, in order to save themselves trouble, thought fit to write to the Police here to arrest individuals without any legal authority; and he should not encourage the introduction of such a sys tem here. He ordered the man to be discharged. ASTHMA.—The Dispensary for the Treatment of Disease of the Lungs and Heart, has been established upwards'of a twelvemonth, and has progressed silently but usefully on. It has received little, indeed no encouragement hum the public, having been a self-sustaining institution, assisted materially by Mr. Cronin, who first originated it. The number of patients who have been cured and relieved dur ing the last year amount to some thousands, as will be seen shortly in a report Mr. Cronin is about to publish. These Persons have consisted of all classes of the community—the Poorest of the poor—while the wealthy have not scrupled to avail themselves of the new system introduced by the originator. As the lecture some months ago given at the Portico, the plan of operation pursued by Mr. Cronin, was exemplified by him, and throughout the time the Dispensary has bee n established, it has been adhered to with varied, but to a certain extent, satisfactory success. This Dispensary is about to be removed to Warren-street, corner of Russel street. CHIMNEY SWEEPING.—The idea of a man sweeping his own chimneys we conceive to be quite new, and some years ago would have been laughed at as by no means a soot-able occupation for a domestic servant; but by means of Mr. Hawes patent machine, the most intricate flue can be tho roughly cleaned in a very short time. A model of the ma chine may be seen at Mr. Holgate's, in Dale-street ; it con sists of a simple fixture in each flue of pulleys and an incom bustible wire rope, (Smith's patent,) to which a whalebone of wire brush is attached when required. This brush being Passed up and down by means of a portable winch or wind lass screwed on the fire-grate, soon cleans the foulest chim ney or tlue. It is applicable to flues of every description, whether wide or narrow, perpendicular, horizontal, or run ning at right angles, and can be made perfectly effective without any alteration in their present construction or the use of soot-bags. It is worthy of attention. DRAYTON MANOR.-011 Friday, considerable commotion was occasioned in this town, by a rumour, that Sir Robert Peel's mansion at Drayton had been destroyed by fire. The report was brought by the guard of the Grand Junction train, which arrived here on Friday morning, and, who heard the statement at Birmingham. Nothing more clearly fixes the distemper of the working classes on the League, than the frightful and extravagant rancour with which they uniformly speak of Sir Robert Peel. Certainly, no minister ever less deserve to attract personal odium—no minister's conduct and demeanour were ever less calculated to have such an effect,—and the lamentable fact to which we refer, can there fore have no other origin than the worse than diabolical ma lignity with which Sir Robert has been habitually spoken of by the hired spouters of the League. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND NEWHAVEN.—This railway will open the lower part of the line on the 29th instant, pre vious to the arrival of her Majesto the Queen in Scotland, it being arranged that the landing will take place at the Granton Pier. The secretary has been ordered to write to the Lords of the Privy Council (Railway Department) for permission so to do, may act, to the contrary notwithstand ing. The drift under the New Town is advertised to be con tracted for, and thus the operations of this highly useful and important line of railway is in a fair way of being completely finished. The completion of this railway ought to call forth an demonstration on the part of the shareholders of the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway, to form their line of eommunication through the Prince's-street Gardens, and thus carry out the original plan of this useful and profitable undertaking. THR INCOME TAX.—In consequence of the time required by the parish authorities for making out the list of voters, the income tax papers for this town have not yet been de livered, but we understand they will be in the hands of the inhabitants in the course of the present week. In other places, as far as we can learn, the working of the act, so far as this first proceeding tests it, is not half so objectionable as people's fancies presumed it to be. The greatest outcry Xsised against it was, not that it took the money from the pocket, but that it was so cruelly inquisitorial. Now, if the provisions be complied with in an honest feeling on the one hand, and in a right spirit by those to whom the returns will be submitted, the most sensitive will scarcely have occasion to complain of the inquisition ; for by a very excellent ar. tangement the entire property of which one man is possessed may have to be returned by three, four, or more individuals, in separate portions, and in separate districts, so that no sine.le Assessor will know the amount of another man's income. Thus, a gentleman derives so much from his pro fession at Liverpool—the return made by himself, after making the deductions which the Act allows : he has money in the funds—the Bank of England deducts the tax for his dividend : he is a shareholder in a public company—the company pays the tax for him :he has land or houses—the tenant pays it : be has money out at mortgage—the mortgagee pays it; and ,so on; effectually baffling the inquisitorial, should any such person be found desirous of prying into his neighbours affairs. As to the hardship of paying it at all, the necessity has been too generally admitted to require argument just now, and as we have heard several express a„wish that they came within the operation of the Act we can only suggest to those who feel dissatisfied that they should exchange situations with t hem. and thus effectually avoid the Tax. THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS.—On Monday, the 15th instant, the officers and brothers of the Loyal Duchess of Sutherland Lodge, No. 2592, assembled at the house of Hostess Whiteside, corner of Edgar-street, Sc otland -road, when they partook of a most excellent dinner, served up in the usual good style. as a farewell visit previous to her leaving town, and opening a new public establishment on the Bangor road, leading from Menai Bridge to Corner v°ll, North Wales. After the cloth was drawn and the usual toasts given, N.G. Cottam, who occupied the chair, in an appropriate speech presented to P.G. Cross a most handsome silver snuff box, which bore the following inscription : Presented to P.G. Richard Cross, of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, L.D., by the officers and brothers of th e Loyal Duchess of Sutherland Lodge, No. 2592, as a to ken of respect for his past services, when P.G. Cross returned his most sincere thanks for the honour con ferred upon him, hopinc , it would still continue in his po wer to s u pp or t the lodge, b which should ever be his Constant study so long as he continued a member; after 'which, the welcome guests and a large number of the fair snenjed themselves with a tip on the el as ti c t oe , an d a t earlyhour in the morning each retired, much gratified wonh tthe harm ony an d conv i v i a lity w hi c h ex i s t e d on t h e occa si THR FUN DS , S ATURDAY EVENING.—The f o ll ow i ng no no- tice was posted to-day at the Stock-Exchange :—" F ore i gn co mmittee -room, Friday, August 12.—At a numerous meet ing of the Committee for General Purposes held this day it resolved,—That by the report of the Exchequer-bill Srorgery Commissioners, as well as by the Committee of the oc k : Exchange, Edward Lloyd Morgan appears not o n ly have acted solely as agent to his father, who is a nefaulter, and thereby rendered himself ineligible as a nlember of the Stock-Exchange, but also to have been Fftensively concerned in the circulation of the forged bills- That this committee does not consider him entitled re-election, and his application is rejected accordingly. T hat after mature consideration of the minutes of the evi -I,,,,exnee taken before the committee, of those taken by the z; chequer Forgery Commission, and the report of the latter, a nd after hearing whatever explanation Mr. De Berckem 1 to offer, this committee is of opinion that the conduct of .▪ raueis Townley De Berckem has been such as to render 'flell7: altogether unfit to be a member of the Stock Ex aecanpg,c., and that his application for re-election be rejected ha - a , 4lll g l Y. Carried unanimously." The Consol-market s a l e ` 4l i supported its evious condition, and some few 8 hav e serious to depreciate values, but not to any tended extent. Consols for money and the account c osed n • Bank Stock, 169 to 170 ; India Stock, 250 to 251 and ; Exchequer-bills, 2d. issue, 495. to 525. premium ; 11; u ttn, 2.1 d. issue, 51s. to 535. premium ; 3 per Cents. duced, 921 ; 31 per Cents. Reduced, 1001; Long Annui ties, 121 to 9-16 ; •and India Bonds, 345. premium. In fo eign stock s and railway sh a re s n o e s sential alteration has o ccurred , _ thou g h appearances are against sellers. Span i sh Actives closed 20i to 21; ditto, New, 201 to fl ; Mexican, cl - E to 5 ; Colombian, 204- to ; Danish, 82& to 83i; M ilian, 101 i to 1024 ; Brazilian, 65 to 66 ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 331 to 1; and ditto 3 per Cents. , 19 1 to I 20 . ON FEMALE LABOU R , By A " LIBERAL" JOURNALIST We have me n ti oned, that . women were concerned in the late disturbances. They were, particularly in York s hi re an d Lancashire, am ong the most active o f th e r i oters. I n t h e affray at Halifax they were in front of the mob, and, seizing the bridles of the horses, endeavoured to induce the cavalry not to sabre or shoot their fellow countrymen. Under other circumstances. such conduct would have . been dee me d th a t of heroines ; under existing circumstancesueh itwas pure frenzy, in the result, in many cases, the re is too re t ason to fear, of suffering and starvation. B ut the constant 'women with men in the ordinary bu s i ness of aegiening of mines, and factories, and works,—in s h ort, in the labo—uirns appropriate to the male, but quite inappropriate e to t the f emale, under the most favourable circumstances.d the p ecu li ar qua lities of the feminine c h aracter, and m s a r kes s t he woman differ from the man in little more th an i n the arti 'Le of dress. Masculine occupations beget masculine habits-. w orkworne'n are, if not " unsexed," at least a kind of men u'ornen with more than man's ferocity, wh en i rr i tated and exciteci, and with all his bad and vicious habits. In a p roper sta te of society, the female ought to be exempt from the every -day labour and drudgery for which nature ha s a d apted t ole male alone. If she is a mother, she ought to be at lib erty devote her care and attention to her family duties and her children ; if a daughter, to domestic servitude, either at hous e or in the household of another. The remuneration of labour t ight?. to be sufficient to prevent wives and mothers, at least, rteworkinc, in the close and overheated factory, or slaving in th e dark and n 'o Female delicacy must wither and decay in the ol t s ain ul t e ed m atmosphere of such places. Yet, so wretched is the state of society in too many parts of this country, especially in the manufacturing and mining districts, the labo ur o f every member of a family capa bl e o f wor k, females as well as males, children as well as adults, is, except in some rare cases, required to enable the poor creatures, not to live, but only to vegetate."—Liverpool Albion.—[The above are strange 1 ague to utter." opinions for an organ of the Anti-corn " Better late than never" is, how ever, a good old sayi ng Oastler and the otherre; real friends it must be who have all along denounced the • of the people, • , gratifying to Mr. with women and ' 11 ' infamy of the practice of filling our m girls, to hear such a sentiment coming from such a quarter.—E. L, s.] TrizATnE-Royar..—On Friday Mrs. Seymour took her benefit. She played Desdemona to Mr. Butler's Othello, and Clari in the Maid of Milan." Mrs. Seymour gave an exquisite delineate of the fair daughter of the south. Her Clan was very beautiful. She sang" Home, sweet Home" with a pathos and feeling that touched the hearts of all hear ers. Last night La eerito appeared in several dances. We will not venture to say that her dancing is improved since she was last here, but she introduces many new and extra ordinary movements—now flying round the stage as if on wings —now rising like a swift-winged bird, and alighting like a snow flake. Her dancing drew forth immense ap plause. Taglioni must look to her laurels. For to-night's attractions we need only refer to the bills of the day. The box-office yesterday, we believe, was literally beseiged for places, so that a fashionable and brilliant audience may be expected. ANTI-Coax -LAW PLACARDS.--Under the present some what equivocal position occupied by the Anti-Corn-Law League, it would have been at least decent, if not at the same time prudent, in the leaders of that party to have ab stained from their ordinary seditious exhibitions. And, yet during the whole of yesterday, an inflammatory placard, signed, "on behalf of the League, George. Wilson, secre tary," attributing all the evils, under which the country la bours to the Corn-law, and soliciting subscriptions to carry on the agitation against it, was paraded throughout our streets. For what purpose, men may well ask is this bad gering of the public for money, at a crisis of danger like this, carried on by these conspirators? Is it to feed the insurrec tion in the manufacturing districts ? Is it to supply the 'munition of war to the traitor incendiaries of Manchester and its surrounding towns—to provide with the expenses of placards, and other necessary implements of excitement, the ruffianly Chartists and Leaguers of those places? At a mo ment when the magistracy of Liverpool were in earnest meet ing to provide measures for the public peace ; when peaceful men ought to have been affording every aid to such praise worthy efforts of the authorities ; when not an hour was pass ing over our beads that was not pregnant with matter to alarm every well-disposed subject ;—was such a time for the seditious appeals of the Liverpool Chartist League to be sowing the seeds of disaffection to the law, and parading their sympathy with the originators of an outbreak which has strewed the land with devastation and bloodshed—has bared the sword of the executive against the breasts of the starving dupes and slaves? Surely not. And we can only attribute it to the occupation of our magistracy in efforts to prepare for the visitation of our own town with the distur bances which have overrun the neighbouring districts, that this wicked effort of the hypocritical crew, who compose " the league" of Liverpool, was not at once put down, and its authors—(not their wretched employes)—visited with the punishment due to their incendiary practices. The league party of Liverpool would, doubtless, be glad, at this moment, of an opportunity to hold one of their " de monstrations"—at which their Rathbones might shout and their minor fry splutter and gesticulate. We are happy, however, in being able to ensure the well-disposed amongst the community that well-concerted efforts are making to put down any movement of this despicable set. This day we understand a strong force of mounted gentlemen of our town, and special constables, will be placed by autho rity of the Watch Committee, under the orders of our able Head Constable, Mr. Whitty ; and the seditious, if any such venture to invade the peace of the Loyal Borough of Liver pool, may depend upon receiving a far different reception from that by which the riotous turn-outs from the factories around Manchester were met by the league magistracy of that town. INCENDIARY FIRES. We regret that it becomes our painful duty to state that three fires have taken place in this town since our last publi cation, the origin of which, from the almost simultaneous occurrence of two of them, the combustibles found at one, and the sameness of material affected in all, leave no other conclusion to be arrived at than they were all the work of indendiaries, belonging to one body of workmen, and that, too, by no means the most suffering amongst our dense com munity in periods of depression in trade such as we have recently experienced—the sawyers. We hope and trust that the wanton destruction attempted—and, to a considerable extent, with evil success—of the property of individuals who, so far as we can learn, have given no cause whatever to pro voke so grievous an aggression, will yet be avenged by the strong arm of the law, though it is painful to reflect that no clue has, up to the time of our writing, been found to the guilty parties. The following are such particulars as we have been enabled to collect of the circumstances, which, though somewhat alarming, are yet, from the remoteness of the localities of the fires, and their happily speedy suppres sion, but little known to our townsmen. On Saturday morning, about one o'clock, a fire was dis covered by a policeman to have broken out in the timber yard of Mr. Adam Creighton, joiner and builder, Upper Hill-street, recently formed on a vacant, piece of ground a little to the eastward of St Patrick's Chapel, and on the same (the south) side of the street. The alarm was sent down to the police fire station (above a mile distant), and in about twenty minutes a strong force of the fire-police, headed by Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt, were on the ground with four powerful engines. The fire, from the nature of the material, had gained so great a head by the time of their arrival, that little could be done to save the timber, and the exertions of the force were mainly di rected to the preservation of the contiguous buildings, which though for some time in imminent danger, were all eventually saved. All being rendered secure from further combustion, the engines and men were withdrawn about three o'clock in the morning. The timber burned had been placed for season ing, in boards, in the usual triangular position, on what are called "horses," and it appeared that a great quantity of shavings had been placed inside of them at the base, and ignited ; so that instant combustion, and the almost irre midiable destruction of the whole was inevitable. A small portion only was saved ; and we are sorry to say that no insurance had been effected. The loss cannot yet be cor rectly estimated, as Mr. Creighton had but shortly before taken the yard, and had not retnoved to it his whole stock from another locality. Some baulks, at a short distance from the reared planks, also took fire, but the flames were got out by the engines before much damage was done. At daylight on the same morning, an attempt was made to set fire to Messrs. Archer and Hassall's timber-yard, Scot land-road, in three separate places, also under the horses. This was luckily discovered in time by the police. Several bottles of turpentine, and a quantity of lucifer matches and shavings, were found amongst the timber, which was partly singed before the fire was got out by the police-officers on duty in that quarter. Considerable showers of rain had fallen on the previous day, which bad probably so saturated the wood that it was difficult of ignition, otherwise it would pro bably have been all consumed. As it was there was little or , 1 no loss. On Sunday morning, shortly before two o'clock, a fire broke out in the yard of Messrs. Jones and. Williams, Great Nelson-street, which runs between Scotland-road and the North Haymarket, where the property exposed was very ex tensive. Notice of a suspicion of something wrong was first given to the police by a professional gentleman, (we learn,) who happened to observe two men getting over the wall. Some of the officers went into the yard accordingly, but saw no appearance of ignition, and returned. Very shortly afterwards, however, the fire broke out, and the alarm being given, Mr. Hewitt, of the fire-police, and our active head constable, Mr. Whitty, were speedily present, with a strong body of firemen, and several of the most powerful engines from the station ; and, by their prompt attendance and active exertions, much of the property was saved. They found the joiners' shed in flames, and it had got too far ahead to be saved. In two other parts of the yard —corners at a consi derable distanoe from the shed—fire was found amongst the timber reared on the horses, in a manner similar to that at the first fire of the previous morning. We need scarcely say that had this taken more immediate effect, the whole of the property would probably have fallen a prey to the flames. Much praise is due, on these as on former occasions, to the fire-police, whose conduct is alike honourable to them selves and to those efficient public officers under whom they act. We regret to add, that at the last-mentioned fire, one active and highly-esteemed fire-policeman, named Moffat (No. 95), met with a serious accident, from the effects of which he is still in a dangerous state. A very rough and unruly concourse of persons got round the engines, in the hope of gain by assisting in working them. A strong party of these men, who had been idling in the streets, got hold of the levers of one of the engines ; and while Moffat was in the act of screwing on the hose to the bottom of it, they, in their impatience, and before the word was given, began to work with vigour, and by the first violent motion of the levers (or handles) his arm was instantly broken in two places above the elbow. Mr. Whitty was much distressed at the event, and, in maintaining order, had his temper naturally put to a severe test. The poor man was immediately sent to the Northern Hospital, where he still remains, doing as well as can be expected, he being rather advanced in life. A private meeting of the borough magistrates took place yesterday, in the room at the Sessions House, with a view to take the most effectual measures to detect the incendiaries and bring them to punishment, as well as to keep a watchful eye upo❑ similar evil-doers, and it is devoutly to be hoped their exertions will be crowned by success. It is supposed that these incendiary fires have arisen from a feeling of some of the sawyers against the steam saw-mills, as opposed to sawing by manual labour. ELLESMERE PORT CHURCH. This church, pursuant to an advertisement in Friday's STANDARD, was opened for divine service on Sunday last. For several hours previous to the time appointed, (four o'clock) large groups of persons were to be seen approaching the church from Eastham, Poole, Whitby, Backford, and other surrounding villages. Many persons also came from Birkenhead, Tranmere, and Liverpool. Soon after three o'clock the church was densely crowded, and some hundreds being unable to obtain entrance even within the door, were congregated outside, endeavouring through the opened win dows to take a part in the service, and hear the sermon. Several clergymen were present, who occupied seats within the communion rails,- which, together with the vestry, was crowded with ladies soon after the commencement of the service. The hymns and chaunts were sung with much taste and judgment, and the music, both vocal and instrumental, was such as is rarely to be heard in a country village, and bids fair to attain a very high character. This, as well as the ar rangements of the day, is attributable to the exertions of R. K. Shanklin, Esq., churchwarden, whose indefatigable labors to promote the comfort of all parties, gave universal satisfaction. The service commenced precisely at the hour appointed. Prayers were read by the Venerable Archdeacon Clarke, vicar of Eastham. The Reverend Charles Maginiss, minister of the church, acting as clerk. After which, a most appropriate and impressive sermon was preached by the Rev. H. Raikes, Chancellor of the Diocese, taking his text from Luke x. 23, 24. He commenced his discourse by a comprehensive sketch of the privileges of a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ, and afterwards made a most forcible and impressive application of the subject to the occasion, reminding his hearers of the privileges as well as the responsibilities of a people who were blessed with a christian minister, and place of worship, and giving a striking outline of the duties and responsibilities of a minister of the church of Christ—duties and responsibilities which few feel, and discharge with more zeal than the Reverend preacher himself. After the sermon, a collection was made in aid of the schools about to be erected, which amounted to £2B 10s. The following hymn, composed by a sister of the respected incumbent, for the occasion, was sung before the sermon : We praise thy mercy, gracious Lord, That view'd with pitying eyes, The moral famine of thy word, And bade this temple rise. A heavenly storehouse, where our need In Jesus meets supply ; Manna, our hungry souls to feed, Streams from the rock on high. Though now around thy temples here, No glory stands contest ; Yet,ifthy Spi t r r it u ' l s y li b g l h es t t. be near, We shall be Then,, 0 the humble prayer receive, And rh a a t t h asks r hears that tlhiginhgtst divine.o shine shine, „n vv el ll vr . up T ohn m t a h k e e p e r a e c a h u dar , ke l n . 'd heart believe, Seas° While And "hear it e h ue s r al s t, p b m e afoyu'n' found, I hn g agv h ee e a a r r s t abound n . Upon the whole we ing scene, and we heartily seldom witnessed a more gratify.. this place, success wish the estimable and amiable incumbent every his pastoral labours. , • OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. A very numerous and highly respectable meeting of St. Jude's branch of this association was held last night in the large school-room attached to St. Jude's Church, Oakes street. The Rev. Mr. Talloon was in the chair, and opened the meeting with an appropriate and impressive prayer. After descanting at some length upon the conduct of Daniel O'Connell, and the Jesuits, he introduced' the Rev. Mr. Nolan to the meeting amidst considerable cheering. The Rev. T. NOLAN, of St. Barnabas, was next called upon, his appearance was welcomed with long and hearty cheers by the meeting. As the frothy declamation and scur rility of the Lord Mayor of Dublin in this town have been made the most of by our radical contemporaries, both here and in Ireland, we are anxious to give as much space as pos sible to Mr. Nolan's admirable remarks upon the calumnies of that worthy. After some preliminary observations, Mr. Nolan proceeded nearly as follows :—I hold in my hand, sir, a paper containing the rep ort o f M r. O ' Connell ' s speech at the Amphitheatre, upon the occasion of his recent visit to this town, and I feel th a t an explanation is necessary for bringing it under your consideration at all. It is not the elegance of the style, nor the charity of the sentiment, still less is it the proverbial veracity of the right hon. speaker that would justify my trespass on your time to-night, in call ing your attention to this worthy advocate of Loyola and the Jesuits. Nor yet is it, in consequence of his cowardly and calumnious attack on the high-minded and intrepid minister of the gospel, the beloved and respected President of this Association—(loud and long continued cheers)—so much as on account of the reckless hardihood with which he ventured to assume principles, coupled with the daring defiance of truth with which he stated facts, that the ignoble lord's speech is worth a second thought. There are many with, whom a bold assertion supplies the place of proof, and a con fident statement passes for truth. As these constitute the chief staple of Mr. O'Connell's tirade, accompanied with an extra share of personal invective, in compliment, I suppose, to the alleged bigotry of Liverpool in general, and of the Rev. Mr. M`Neile in particular, it is necessary that some of these statements be met and refuted, for Mr. O'Connell's character, notorious though it be, the selfish, wicked, mer cenary tenor of his public life, although, no doubt, it makes his slander the only encomium which an honest man could accept at his hands, is by no means a security that his state ments may not carry weight with even more than the unreflect ing multitude; for minds conscious of their own incapacity to calumniate their fellows, or to falsify facts, are slow to sus pect others, and consequently may believe as true, if uncon tradicted, assertions which are light as the foam on the waters, when falling from the lips of Mr. Daniel O'Connell. (Cheers.) But I must follow the meanderings of this rather tortuous oration. His first attack is upon what he is pleased to call the " joint-stock churches," and the " bigots red hot from Ireland " that minister in some of them. It is a sore point with the learned Jesuit, and with those in the town and council of Liverpool of whose sentiments he is the in dex, that St. Jude's Church is filled as it is—with Truth, and people that love the Truth. lam glad of this taunt at the constitution of some of our new churches : 'it is a good argument for church extension ; and perhaps the Premier, in his promised deliberations on the subject during the re cess, may take a hint, and relieve our future churches from 'those conditions and restrictions which necessity imposed on those which have been erected for some years past. It is not the constitution of St. Jude's Church, but the influence of the doctrines taught in it, and the extent to which they are leavening the minds of the people of this town, that makes your church and your minister a chosen target for the shafts of impotent fury. Would to God that Mr. O'Connell felt in his own heart the power of those saving, sanctifying doctrines that are preached there in all their breadth and fulness, pure and unadulterate from the living fountain of Eternal Truth, by that eminent man, whom, in terms, no doubt, equally characteristic of the genius of the speaker, and adapted to the refined tastes of his auditory, Mr. O'Connell has accused of bigotry, falsehood, and calumny; and at last, with peculiar elegance and felicity of expression, has designated the deuce's own lump of a liar. (Laughter.) But who is he, we may ask, who thus vauntinglyputs himself forward as the champion of truth, and love, and good-will amongst men ? A man, doubtless it will be expected, of un impeachable veracity, upon whose character, pure as un sunned snow, the slightest breath of suspicion bath never yet descended ! Let the story of David Murphy, as brought out before the House of Commons, attest at once the right hon. gentleman's tolerance and his truth. This man, for giving an honest vote at an election, brought himself under the ban of the liberal Mr. O'Connell, who recommended that a death's head and cross bones should be drawn over his door. When charged with this by (I believe) the Right Hon. the Recorder of Dublin, in the most solemn manner, be denied the charge. calling God to attest his truth. When inquiry was made, the 'charge was found exact to the letter—and how did this right hon. man satisfy his conscience and the House of Commons as to his former solemn disclaimer?—forsooth, a mistake had been made in his Christian name. The charge made against Mr. O'Connell was of having acted so and so towards a man whose name was John Murphy, (Suppose.) Whereas, it appeared that the occurrence took place in re ference to David Murphy ! Worthy disciple and cham pion of Jesuitry! Another instance :—a letter from Mr. Edward Orpen Palmer, a solicitor of Dominick-street, Dublin, who compelled Mr. O'Connell to pay his tithes, writes in the public newspapers, May 16, 1840, that Major Brown, of the constabulary, had written to him on the 24th April preceding, acquainting him that plans were laid for his assassination. This he ascribed to language used with refer ence to him by Mr. O'Connell, the year before, in Tralee, " Boys, for my sake, you won'tforyet him." (Hear, hear.) But why go farther than the contrast of his conduct as a member of parliament with the terms of the oath, on the security of which he is allowed to take his seat. The oath binds him not to weaken the church as by law established, and every act of his public life in and out of the house, has been openly and avowedly directed towards the subversion of it. He does not read the oath so : true, he does not, he has a Jesuit commentator to interpret it for him. But the conduct of several English Roman Catholic gentlemen, who regarding the sacredness of their oath, refused to vote on any question affecting our church, shows that in some minds at least, though not with Mr. O'Connell, the spirit of the gentleman predominates above the purposes of party, (Cheers.) His professions bef or e h e was ma d e L or d M ayor, and his conduct since, to the Protestant holders of office under the late corporation, is but in keeping with the rest of his character, and helps to show the extreme fitness of the Right Hon. Daniel O'Connell, to stigmatise any man as a calumniator and a liar. Yet this is the man (and I only allude to public documents appearing in the public prints), who has the hardihood to asperse the fair fame of Hugh M'Neile. (Tremendous cheers.) Methinks some echo might have responded to him " Measureless liar ! thou hast made my heart too big for what contains it." 'lt suits not thee, vain boaster—it suits not such as thou To speak of Him but with respect and veneration." I pass, however, from his invective, and proceed to examine some of his arguments, the chief of which, in favour of Romanism, he derives from her numbers. Has he forgotten that Christianity itself, if weighed in this balance, must give way to heathenism ? Has h e never rea d th a t, " broad is the way and wide is the gate that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat ; because straight is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Romanism, the predicted apostacy, is only running its appointed course. Doctrines of (lemons, damnable heresies, are brought in privily. Merchandise is made of men's souls. The gospel likewise is accomplishing the Lord's will, and prospering where he sends it ; consuming Rome with the breath of His mouth; taking a people out of the Gentiles for His name's sake, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled : then all Israel shall be saved. The " man of sin" must be destroyed by the brightness of the Lord's coming. The residue of men, even all the Gentiles, shall seek after the Lord; and the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the glory of God. The kingdom of this world shall become the kingdoms of the Lord and his Christ. Even so, Lord Jesus come quickly. (Cheers.) This Mr. O'Con nell does not, perhaps cannot know, for it must be spiritually discerned. Except that nothing from Mr. O'Connell can surprise us, we might be astonished at his effrontery in speaking of the " ancient faith of the land," and of " minis ters of Christ proclaiming the gospel of truth in the words of truth and charity." Why Mr. O'Connell's faith is just as ancient as the 15th of November, 1564, the day on which the new creed of Pius IV. was published—(hear, hear) — in connexion with which creed, for a man to speak of Romanism as a " proclamation of the gospel of truth," betrays either wilful ignorance or gross delusion. Oh, sir, if Romanism were in truth what Mr. O'Connell would have us believe it to be, our hostility to it were at an end ; if her priests, instead of the putrid doctrines of Dens, Bailly, and Delahogue, (and Mr. O'Connell speaks of the morality of her teaching !!) were employed proclaiming the truth as it is in Jesus to the Glory of God, and for the sal vation and sanctification of men, instead of being arrayed against them, we should be found beside them ; instead of exposing their infamy, we should wish them good luck, and bid them God speed in the name of the Lord. But no, Sir, Humanism, in the creed of Pius, has actually abjured Scrip ture. Her preaching of it can only be a pretence. The apostolical traditions, or what she pretends to be such, are her standard and text book. In these she pretends to find countenance for the corruptions and innovations which she has introduced into her amendment of that symbol of the ancient faith, the Nicene creed, the Scripture must be kept out of sight for fear the imposition would be detected, and so it is. The rev. gentleman here referred to the creed of Pope Pius to prove this lamentable truth, and referred to Mr. O'Connell's allusions to the King of Prussia and the Arch bishop of Cologne, and then proceeded as follows : Mr. O'CONNELL next says, that in France the progress of religion, that is, of Catholicity, is rapid and triumphant. Hear in oppoiition to this statement, vouched for by the veracious student of St. Omer, the testimony of a French writer of modern date. M. Fregier, in his recent work, on " the Dangerous classes of Paris, writes thus, " Christianity has no longer any hold on the public mind as a revelation from Heaven .. .. the religious crisis which is now in pro gress in Germany, was brought to a conclusion a century ago in France .. .. Religion is only regarded as a system of moral discipline, and as such, is even onl,y second to the singing classes." As I have no evidence at hand to disprove his statement about America, I am willing to suppose it true, even though Mr. O'Connell asserts it. When he speaks of the spread of Romanism in connexion with the happiness of mankind, I suppose he had his eye on the neighbouring colony of Newfoundland, whose constitution it was found necessary to suspend from the arbitrary tyranny of the Romish priesthood, the defender of whose enormities and the champion of whose usurpations he recently exhibited himself in the House of Commons. Returning to English history with the Right honourable Liberator, we have a valuable admissions from his lips, viz., that Queen Mary did persecute for three years. In the next edition of Dr. Lirigard's history, Mr. O'Connell will be enumerated amongst her calumniators, because he has told the truth — though he ought to be forgiven, for perhaps he may never do it again ; but as a set off for this truth, he repeats the oft refuted calumny, that Queen Elizabeth persecuted for forty years. It is, sir, on the authority of Sir Edward Coke, that during Queen Mary's reign not less than 300 suffered for religious opinions ; whereas, during the 44 years of Eliza beth's reign, there were executed, for treason, thirty priests and five accomplices, but not one for his reli g i on . A n d when it is remembered that Queen Elizabeth w as excom municated by four sPotpuess,v., 58 viz., Pius ; n ad V., 1569 ; Clement Gregory Viii., XIII., 1580 (the year lie published the memor a bl e " C orpus Juris Cononici") ; Sixtus 1600 ; that the Spanish Armada was sanctioned and blessed by the Pope for the subjugation of England, and the sub version of the Protestant faith, the surprise is rather at the fewness of those who suffered, for the Jesuits were at the be ginning and end of every treasonable movement, and at the hardihood of Mr. O'Connell, in alluding to that reign at all. Some time ago these allusions and false inferences, from alleged facts, might have passed current ; the page of history was unapplied, if not unread ; but since Mr. 11,1`Neile has set on foot these troublesome Protestant Associations, inquiry is awake, tracts are distributed and read, the intelli wgeonrtks of ti operatives irownofand Liverpool other countries,th err abiblesand ar andare oo historical rs o easily frim an /ac o h ki r e y o rn t c ( ) e f , misled as before ; they are acquainted with historical facts, and with Scriptural truths, and can give a reason . for the this hop is ethrahteiosaionsethrehar makes them. ( a L ke o s ud m ch r. ee m rs :se cheers.) vituperation. But, they little know the man they have to deal with. If they suppose they can either deter him from rle in s c such pursuing the even tenor of his way, or tempt him to a re joinder unbecoming his deserved reputation as a bold and faithful preacher of the truth, and an equally fearless pro tester against anti-Christian usurpations and errors. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) But, though I feel I tresspass on you too long (cries of " Go on") with an unworthy topic. I am not done with Mr. O'Connell yet. His next bounce is into Ireland, and about Ireland, " Give him old Ireland that never persecuted." Sir, lam bold to say, and in so far to agree with Mr. O'Connell, that there is not a nation under the sun, whose genius is more foreign to the spirit of persecution, than the Irish nation : when not exposed to those disturbing and perverting influences which have proved themselves the bane and curse of that ill-starred land, ever since Mr. O'Connell hi mse lf , h as b een i n t h e ascendant. It is the sage remark of JEschines, that a bad man, when he is advanced to power, always (pets national calamities. The history of Ireland from the year 1829, affords at once a com mentary, and a proof of the wisdom of the observation. Mr. Nolan then alluded to several of the bloody and stimulating speeches of Mr. O'Connell, to prove the absurdity of his pre tended horror of persecution • and proceeded in the follo w i ng happy strain :—After this philanthropic disclaimer of persecu tion, comes next " Hurrahfor the Jesuits." Now, sir, what does this mean ? It means hurrah for the Spanish Armada—. hurrah for the gunpowder plot—hurrah for the massacre of St. Bartholomew's—hurrah for the French Revolution—it means down with Pope Clement, who suppressed them in 1773. Venice, Portugal, France, Spain, and Sicily, no less than England, expelled these Jesuits ; an infallible pope suppressed them altogether, yet they are now openly, avowedly estab lished amongst us ; and an audience of men, in the Amphi theatre of Liverpool, at the bidding of a worthless demagogue, cries Hurrah for the Jesuits. No plot has ever been set on foot against the liberty and religion of England, since the es tablishment of that order, either at home or abroad, by do mestic treason or foreign assault, that has not been secretly worked and promoted by the Jesuits ; and Mr. O'Con nell, the avowed enemy of the union with England, and of the existence of the united church (not churches) of England and Ireland, is only consistent in crying out Hurrah for the Jesuits --but shame on the recreant English man that received or responded to such an invitation. There is one taunt of Mr. O'Connell's which is severe, and we must admit it to be just,—his allusion to the "Tracts for the Times." I fully agree (and it is seldom I can do so) with the right honourable agitator, that it is grossly incon sistent in a man to wear the honours, eat the bread, and sub scribe the articles of our church, while holding opinions the fair side only of which is exhibited do us in the 90th tract. Of this tract the Bishop of Exeter (whose charge in other re spects many admirers of that distinguished and respected prelate have regretted to find a palliation almost amounting to a defence of these unhappy tracts) has acutely pronounced, that it contains just enough of truth to make it dangerous to the unreflecting. There the effort is made with Jesuit ho nesty to prove that the Articles of the Church of England are not at variance with the Canons of Trent. It is, to all intents and purposes, a Jesuit tract, the notion of it being borrowed from a suggestion of Bassnet with reference to the Confession of Augsburg, and the execution of it plainly an imitation of the work of Francis a Santa Clara, "Deus Natura Gratia," intended for the very same purpose, to reconcile the Articles of our Church with the doctrines of Rome. But we repudiate these tracts and these writers altogether. And Mr. M'Neile may as well be called to account for the vagaries of Mr. O'Connell himself', as for the opinions, and objects, and inconsistencies of the Rev. John Henry Newman. Mr. O'Connell wished to have Mr. M`Neile on the table, to discuss some of these topics with him. I wonder did any one believe him when he said so? (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. M'Neile's face would have been the most unwelcome apparition, you may depend on it, that Mr. O'Connell could have witnessed at the time. But this is only of a piece with the rest of his gasconading, when he knew that the object of his slander and detraction was out of town at the time, or at least not likely to be met with in the same company with himself. (Cheers.) But, sir, I don't see how Mr. M'Neile, with all his eagerness to defend truth and expose falsehood and subterfuge, could have stooped to meet the challenge of Mr. O'Connell. I know that Mr. M'Neile's matured opinion is, that such matters, to be discussed with profit, ought to be discussed on paper, when opportunity for serious reflection is afforded upon the grave topics of religious controversy. And even irrespective of this, I don't think that Mr. M'Neile would—or ought in justice to our dear friend and brother M'Ghee—interfere with Mr. O'Connell till Mr. M`Ghee's challenge is accepted. Oh ! this paragon of moral courage evades, insults, slanders, and runs away from the Rev. Robert M'Ghee, and, forsooth, only pants for the opportunity of breaking a lance against the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, whom first he no doubt ascertained to be out of town at the time. He speaks of the Church of Scotland. I wonder the mention of it did not raise up the grim visage of the Lion of the North, the Rev. .Dr. Cooke, of Belfast, before him. You recollect the shabby sub terfuges with which this g ran d b oas t er i n Li verpoo l evaded the honest open challenge of Dr. Cooke, to meet him in Bel fast, on his own chosen ground, the Repeal of the Union, but to no purpose ;—the man of truth was at his post, and the cowardly agitator skulked into Belfast, and hurried out of it again, nursing his wrath, until in the congenial atmos phere of the Corn Exchange, he poured out the filthy stream of his cowardly invective upon the man he had not courage to meet face to face. And this is the man who has the audacity to challenge the Rev. Mr. M'Neile in Liverpool. You would find it a hard matter to arrange preliminaries to Mr. O'Con nell's satisfaction had Mr. M'Neile been on the spot, or did he condescend even now to accept the challenge of the bravo. He would find some excuse, some scruple of conscience, to save him from confronting the man that in his coward heart he knows he has dishonestly traduced. (Cheers.) Sir, I have, in conclusion, to apologise for this immoderate tres pass on your time and patience, and that of the meeting; but, in truth, when I received an invitation to attend a meeting of the St. Jude's Protestant Association, I imme diately felt that Mr. O'Connell's ribald abuse, too foul and false for the upright object of it to notice in his own person, ought notwithstanding to be met and refuted. I thought, likewise, that the absence of our beloved and respected friend and brother, the President of this Association, afforded an opportunity, where duty and inclination pointed the same way, when a friend, whose cherished privilege it is to know and love your pastor in private, as much as (in common with all the right-minded in the empire) he respects and admires him in public, might. without presumption, raise his voice to defend him, in his absence, against the slanderous and cowardly attack of one long notorious as the enemy of England, the libeller of her fair daughters, the calumniator of her church and her clergy, the hired slave of the Romish priesthood, who issue their behests, and pay him his wages, in the shape of money wrung from the reluc tant grasp of a wretched and degraded peasantry—purposely kept by his and their combined agencies, wretched and de graded still, though surrounded with capabilities, and en dowed with intelligence of as high an order, as a merciful God, of his goodness, has vouchsafed to any country or people on the face of the globe. , Mr. Nolan, at the close of his spe ech, which w as rece i ved throughout with very great applause, and produced the most gratifying impression on the meeting, referred to Mr. O'Con nell's taunts as to the unity of Rome and the divisions of Protestantism, the former of which he characterised as a unity on those points especially which are opposed to the word of God. He sat down amidst the most prolonged cheering, which was more than usually extended to him for his triumphant vindication of the Church of England, her principles, and her ministers, from the lying calumnies of a hired and infamous traducer. Mr. RADCLIFFE, in a neat speech, moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Nolan for his eloquent and able speech in defence of their church, and their beloved minister. This resolution being seconded by Mr. TAYLOR, was carried with acclamation. A hymn was then sung, and the meeting separated. CATLIN'S LECTURES. It will be perceived that Mr. Catlin extends his lectures four nights more, at the Portico, and we recommend our readers to avail themsel ves o f the oppor t un it y . Th e y will be greatly delighted at the tableaux. The only parallel to Mr. Catlin we know, either in perseverance or enterprise, is Belzoni ; in fact, he may be styled the Belzoni of the present day. The following are the tableaux to be exhibited to night : DOMESTIC SCENES. No. 1. GROUP WITH ACTION.—The Blackfoot Doctor or Mystery-man, endeavouring to cure his dying patient by the operation of his mysteries ; himself placed under the skin of a yellow Bear (to which are appended a great variety of mystery things,) violently dancing over and pawing about the dying man, while he sings songs of incantation over him. No. 2. TABLEAU.—Mr. Catlin at his easel, in the Man dan Village, painting the portrait of Mah-to-toh-pa, a cele brated Mandan Chief. The costumes of the Chief and the painter are the same that were worn on the occasion. ' N 0.3. GROUP WITH ACTION.—An Indian Wedding. The Chief, who is Father of the Girl, is seen seated in the middle of the group, receiving the presents, which are laid at his feet by the young man, who (when the presents accumulate to what the father deems an equivalent) receives the consent of the parent, and the hand of the girl, whom he leads off; and as she is the daughter of a Chief, and admired by the young men, they are bestowing on her many presents. No. 4. GROUP WITH ACTION.—An Indian Song and Carouse; the party stimulated by smoking " k'nick-k'neck,” and drinking whiskey. No. 5 TABLEAU.—Pocahontas rescuing Capt. John Smith, an English Officer, from his E xecu ti on , d ecree d b y Pow-ha tan, the Indian Chief. It had been decreed in council, over which Pow-ha-tan presided, that Captain John Smith should be put to death, by having his head placed upon a large stone, and his brains beaten out by two warriors armed with huge painted clubs. His executioners were standing with their clubs raised over him, and in the very instant for giving the fatal blow, when Pocahontas, the Chief's favourite daughter, then about 13 years old, threw herself with folded arms around the head of the captain, who was instantly or dered by the Chief to be released. —Wrestling. A f avourite No. 6. TABLEAU V IVAN T. amusement amongst many of the tribes. For these scenes several distinguished young men are selected on each side, and the goods bet being placed in the hands of stakeholders, the wrestling commences at the signal given, and the stakes go to the party who count the greatest number of men re maining on their feet. No. 7. TABLEAU VIVANT.—BaIi Play.—The most beau tiful and exciting of all Indian games. This game is pl a y e d oftentimes by several hu n d re d on a side, each one carrying in his hand his ball-stick, with a little hoop and netting at the end, in which the ball is to be caught and thrown, in stead of being struck ; the group represe n t s th e p l ayers leaping into the air and struggling to catch the ball as it is descending. No. S. TABLEAU VIVANT. — Game of Tchurg-kee, the favourite play of the Mandans, and us e d b y t h em as t h e i r principal gambling ga me. The two :p art i es choose sides, make their bets , and their two champions lead off, by run ning side by side a distance of three rods, one o f t h em roll ing forward a ring of three or four inches in diameter, and each one sliding after it on the ground, a shaft of seven or eight feet in length, and counting game as the ring falls o ver one, two, or three, of the triple projections on the shaft. The ring is returned instantly, and followed again by tw o others, and so on, and the game scored to the c r edit an d loss of the parties who are strugg lin g for the stakes. No. 9. TABLEAU VIVANT. Administer the "Black Drink," a nauseating and very po.werful emetic prepared by themselves from several disgusting roots, of which they drink great quantities in order to empty their stomachs, and prepare them for the season of the Green Corn, (or Maize,) on which they feast for a week or two, deeming it the greatest of luxuries while it is in the milk, and tender. No. 10. Glum PIN ACTION.-7-Green corn dance. A beau an tiful and picturesque d ee, gi ven b y the Warriors of the tribe, each one holding iii his left ha n d an ear of the green corn, (maize,) and singing a song o f t h anksgiving to the Great Spirit for his bountiful goodness. Before this dance takes place, and before any one in the tribe can eat a mouth ful of the green corn, the first kettleful is al ways b o il e d an d sacrificed to the Great Spirit, by burning it to cinders and burying the ashes." A SIGN OF THE TIMES !--BUSINESS IN BOLD-STREET.— A. correspondent informs us that he passed up 80ld -street, on wole Saturday last, between two and three o'clo c k, an d , as far as he coul ascertain r see, the sides o f d the way wer o e without a us tomer of !t he shops on both SAVAGE ASSAULT.—At the Police -court yesterday, a rough looking man , nam ed David M'G owan, was charged with violently striking a working man, on Sat ur d ay even i ng, on the head with a spade, by which he was severely, and it might have been mortally, wounded. The case was proved, and he wa s requ i re d to pay a fine of £5, or i n default to be imprisoned two months. A deplorable accident occurred last week in Kill a l oe, during the excavations in the river near the brid4e, by the Shannon Improvement Commissioners, when blastin g th e rocky strata of the l ate ee l we i rs. A n explosion took place, and a stone block of near h a lf a h un d r ed weight was blown into the air, which failing over a cabin, brought down the roof, and killed a fine young woman named Margaret Ellis, then in bed, to the utter astonishment and horror of the family. THE DISTURBANCES IN THE MANU FACTURING DISTRICTS. LATEST PARTICULARS. As it was expected that yesterday the hands in the manu• facturina and mining districts would resume their accustomed avocations, we subjoin accounts from our reporters of what took place in those quarters in the course of the day. It will be seen that in most places as far as our information ex tends quietness has been restored, and in only one instance has any outbreak been effected, and this is a burglary com mitted by a small party of the mob. Though similar scenes may be enacted in different localities, every thing prognosti cates that violence to the same extent as has been recently practised will not be again attempted. WIGAN. DARING BURGLARY BY THE TURN -OUTS OF HINDLEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.—A most daring burglary was committed on the night of Friday last, the 19th instant, at the residence of Mr. Isaac Ellison, of Aspull, near Hindley, and only a few miles from Wigan. Mr. Ellison is steward to Sir Robert Holt Leigh, and was selected by the villains as being the most likely to have in his possession a sum of money to pay the labourers of Sir Robert on the following day. About 9 o'clock, Mr. Ellison, his wife, a servant, and a y9ung man named Henry Hilton, who lodged with Mr. Ellison, went to bed, all appearing perfectly safe and quiet. About 12 o'clock Hilton was awoke by a noise, and on looking out of the window, perceived a gang of men, about 14 in number, approaching the house. He went immediately to Mr. Ellison's room to apprize him of the fact, and took a gun which was loaded, to the window, where he called out to the men that he would fire on them if they did not leave the premises. One of the mob answered that if he did, they would shoot him, and immediately after, fired a pistol at Hilton. He then went round The villains proceeded to burst open the house door with crow-bars, but it being too strong for them to effect their purpose, recourse was had to the kitchen window, by which an entrance was effected, the bolt of the shutter having been withdrawn. Some of them immediately went up stairs to Mr. Ellison's bed-room, and a gun was presented at Mr. Ellison, whilst another man held a pistol at the head of his wife. A handkerchief was tied round their eves, and both were fastened together. One of the leaders tlien demanded £lOO from Mr. Ellison, and Mr. E. said he had not so much money in the house. The question was then asked, " where is all the money ?" Mrs. Ellison, in reply, informed them it was at the Hall, (meaning at Sir Robert Holt Leigh's.) One of them, on this observed, " Oh! we'll be there next Wednesday night," in an under tone, to his companions in villainy. They then began to be rough, and cried out, " The mob's out, and we're like to have some money and meat, and we will have it." The drawers and boxes were burst open in Mr. Ellison's rooms, and about five shillings were taken out of a box. Mrs. Ellison's money was then demanded, and about £3 10s. was taken out of her pocket. When the mob demanded a larger sum, and were informed it was not in the house, they threatened to murder Mr. and Mrs. Ellison, and to set fire to the house and haystack ; however, the additional crime of arson was not committed. The young man who was lodging with Mr. Ellison was thrown down on the bed, and a man stationed over him with a pistol, which was presented to Hilton's head. His money was demanded, and on his observing that he had only about nine shillings in his pocket, they insisted on having that, and took it. The servant girl hid herself underneath the bed, and escaped the notice of •the mob; but her box was broken open and about £1 4s. was taken from it, and nearly all her clothing. After re maining in the house some time, the villains departed, but before leaving the yard, beat the house-dog in a brutal manner, so as to leave little hope of its recovery. On ex amining the house, it was found that few places had not been searched and plundered by the villainous wretches who had visited it. Nearly all the victuals had been taken, a gallon of rum and a quantity of wine and brandy, a fowling-piece, a pistol, a powder-flask and a shot-bag, twelve pairs of men's stockings, and a large quantity of clothing of every descrip tion. A reward of £0 was offered, in a placard posted round the town on Saturday, and nine persons were appre hended in the course of the day, under suspicious circum stances, by our police. They were brought before the magistrates in the evening, and remanded for further exami nation on Tuesday (this day). THE STATE OF WlGAN—MONDAY.—Notwithstanding great sensation was caused in Wigan on Friday and Saturday last, in consequence of the rumour that Sir Robert Peel's manor was burnt to the ground, all remained comparatively quiet, and a meeting of the mill-owners was held on the evening of Saturday, to decide upon the point whether the mills were to start upon Monday morning or not. All the mill-owners of Wigan, Ince, Hindley, and the neighbourhood were present, and many coal-proprietors and agents were in attendance, to conform to the decision of the cotton-spinners. It was unanimously agreed upou to commence work, the town presented such a satisfactory appearance of quietness. Accordingly the gigantic chimnies Rhich tower high above our dwellings were seen to Alit at an early hour the dense columns of smoke which pro c l a i m th a t a ll aroun d th em is in active operation. Woods' factory is the only one still standing, and it is alleged the sole cause is that the machines in the carding-rooms are not ready ; but to-morrow (this day) the hands at this mill also are to resume their occupations. It is said in town that the mule-spinners of two of the mills have still held out for an advance of wages. The result is not generally known. There are, however, a vast number of men loitering about the streets of the town and lanes of the neighbourhood, and great alarm is caused at the daring robbery which is particularised above. Another instance of the boldness of the fellows who are prowling about Hindley and the neighbourhood, occurred on Saturday last, when a man named Bibby, a bill-poster, was stopped in a lane, and compelled by .the mob to empty his pockets, to satisfy the curiosity of his unceremonious de tainers. A few of the 72d departed from Wigan by the mail train yesterday (Sunday) morning, to join the head-quarters of the regiment at Blackburn ; and have been succeeded by a reinforcement of the 60th Rifles. Our Yeomanry still remain out of town : they are at present in Chorley. No outbreak is at present apprehended; and perhaps the deter mination of our authorities to adopt stringent measures has become known amongst the mob, and produced a salutary effect upon them. It is a fact that nearly 11,000 mill opera tives and colliers were out of employ in Wigan and the im mediate neighbourhood last week, and that there was con sequently upwards of £5,000 less in circulation,—causing much depression amongst those shopkeepers who, in a great measure, depend on the lower orders for support in trade. TON. MONDAY NIGHT.—Ne PRE S arly all the hands have turned in, and the town begins to assume its accustomed appearance. The men who have not yet resumed their work refrain from doing so more from shame than a wish to prolong the recent disturbances ; and we now feel satisfied that for some time to come we shall have no more such riotous proceedings as have lately disgraced our neighbourhood. Possibly some such depredations may be committed in the adjacent dis tricts as unfortunately took place at Wigan, and of which you will, no doubt, receive a report from your correspondent there, but this will be all the remnant of the " insurrection." A VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM AND THE POTTERIES. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) We left Liverpool by the mail train yesterday morning, for the purpose of ascertaining from a personal visit the actual state of things in Birmingham, and the populous dis trict comprising the Potteries. The previous accounts from those places were calculated to excite painful'apprehensions, the misguided people, particularly the colliers, insisting in the first place on an advance of wages, and in the next upon the concession of the " National Charter." Their alterna tive was to refuse work until both of those demands had been granted. This was a condition of affairs which could scarcely be regarded without alarm, involving, as it did, most important present as well as future consequences. On reaching Birmingham at eight o'clock, we found seve ral notices placarded intimating that the authorities had rea son to apprehend some riotous proceedings in the course of the present week. In the first place, the turn-out colliers from Dudley and the vicinity had announced their intention of visiting the town as yesterday (Monday) ; next, that an union was to be made with the forces of the resident members of " the complete suffrage " men, and they were to make a combined demonstration, which, they alleged, should be at tended with a moral effect that none but the radicals of that district can achieve. In the mean time, the local chartists have held meetings everynight for the past fortnight, on a piece of waste ground adjoining the Grand Junction Railway-station ; and on each occasion, says the correspondent of a morning paper, " lan guage of the most inflammatory and seditious character has been used by the speakers. At one meeting one of the speakers declared, that to them alone was to be attributed the continued tranquillity of the town, and that they were therefore entitled to £25,000, the sum paid after the last riots for compensation for property destroyed during those unfortunate disturbances." The following placard, convening the meeting we have alluded to, was issued on Saturday : " Men of Birmingham !—The crisis is now arrived.. Bri tain and Ireland are aro use d. Th e nat i on ' s vo i ce d ec l ares in the loudest manner the noble struggle must now be made. The days of tyranny are numbered. Shall Birmingham, once the polar star of liberty, now slumber ? No. Awake ! arise ! Stand forward in the nation's moral battle, and de clare that our country shall now be free. " A great meeting will be held on Monday next, the 22d instant, at ten o'clock a.m., on a pieceof ground in Summer lane, near the Asylum, to memorialize the Queen, and to take into consideration what Birmingham shall do at the present awful state of the country. " Influential men of all shades of democratic sentiment, and from various parts of the land, will attend and give their advice on this important subject. " By order of a public meeting held in the Christian Chartist Church, on Thursday, the 18th of August, 1842, " ARTHUR O'NEIL, Secretary." The publication of this inflammatory appeal led the magis trates to adopt immediate measures for the prevention of tumult. They ordered the police to tear them off the walls, and to apprehend the men who were engaged hawking them about the streets. Several were taken into custody and ex amined before the chief commissioner of police. They were attended by Mr. Joseph Sturge, and the aforesaid " Arthur O'Neil, secretary" who calls himself the Pastor of the Christian Chartist Church, (in Newhall-street) ; and ulti mately they were liberated on a solemn prdmise that they would not again exhibit the offensive placard in the streets. The magistrates then issued the following proclamation : CAUTION, Public-office, August 20.—Whereas. infor mation has been received that meetings have been held in various parts of the kingdom of large bodies of men, who have proceeded from place to place at unseasonable hours, and that violent and seditious language has been addressed to them, and it has been represented to us that such meet ings are intended to be held within this borough, notice is hereby given, that no such meetings will be permitted to assemble, and caution is at the same time given to well. disposed persons not to attend or join such meetings. No tice is also given,t hat all necessary measures will be adopted to prevent the assembling of any such meeting, so as effec tively to protect the public peace, and to prevent the dis turbance thereof. " SAMUEL BEALE, Mayor." ci"ln spite of thi s p roc l amat i on, an d:i n v i o l at i on of the pledge given to the authorities, O'Neil's placard was again hawked about; and intelligence continuing to arrive that the town would be invaded on Monday, the magistrates issued the fol lowing stringent and determined notice : " CAUTION " We, the undersigned magistrates, acting for the borough of Birmingham, having received information of meetings in this neighbourhood, and having witnessed this day the at tempt made by certain individuals to call together and ad dress a body of persons within the said borough, under the present state of disturbance unfortunately existing in other parts of England, deem it to be our duty to make known to the public in general, that after the publication of her Ma jesty's proclamation all assemblies of persons in considerable numbers having a manifest tendency to endanger the public peace, and to excite the fears of her Majesty's peaceable sub jects, are ILLEGAL, whatever may be their avowed object, and wherever held, notwithstanding they may not at the time be attended with acts of open violence ; and we declare our firm intention to prevent the same, and to subject any individual who m s a f y r o b ro e found j o io assisting i n e r a be toe in s ns u ge c q h pur a ee s us s ec e ne m st assemblies s an nnt any the penalties of the law. And we furtheyr willcau ttihoenreablyl bring themselves &c., as the s d u is c p h os m ed ee p tin er g s s o , n themselves into peril, and incur the measures which may be adopted for the apprehension of the ill-disposed, and the preservation of public peace. " SAMUEL $F ,ALE, Mayor." This notice was countersigned by thirteen of the borough magistrates, who had been with the mayor making arrange ments for preserving the peace of the town and neighbour hood. A notice was also issued, calling upon the pensioners to assemble at the barracks yesterday morning, at seven o'clock - , to be sworn in as special constables, on pain of for feiting their pensions. A large body of the respectable inha bitants were also sworn in. and in addition the military was sent for in order to carry into effect the energetic mea sures which had been planned. On Saturday night a large meeting of Chartists was held in Summer-lane, near the Asylum, but it was dispersed by the civil force without much trouble. On Sunday four companies of the 34th Infantry, a com pany of Rifles, and two pieces of artillery arrived from Weedon. The constabulary power was reviewed, and a judi cious distribution of the entire force arranged ; and every thing possible by way of prevention having been done, the authorities waited the arrival of the expected disturbers with all the confidence inspired by preparation at all points. Whether the turn-out colliers and miners had been in formed of the dangerous reception which awaited them, or whether their intention of coming had been misrepresented, we do not know ; but the fact is, they did not make their appearance in Summer-lane. The Birmingham chartists, wever, though deprived of their auxiliaries, proceeded t o 'e spot, to the number of several thousands. They h a d with them two car t s , i n t en d e d f or plattbrms, and were l e d up by the aforesaid Mr. O'Neil. The carts had been pl ace d in due position, w hen Mr. Joseph Sturge, the late can didate for the representation of Nottingham, with tw o or three other " Complete Suffrage" people, suddenly made their appearance. Mr. Sturge having ascend e d (1) one of the vehicles, called attention to the proclamation of the magistrates; and, whilst he avowed himself a Chartist, he earnestly called upon the people to disperse as the best mode of preserving peace. His advice was followed; and, he himself left the place, followed by a considerable part of the meeting. A greater number, however, remained with O'Neil, and he, after a few moments consideration with one or two delegates to the National Convention, ahandoned the field, remembering, in all probability, that discretion is the better part of valour. He led the crowd to "the Christians' Chartist Church," which is a mean old building over a shop, with a public-house on each side ; and opening one of the win dows, he told them that the delegates who had arrived, would hold a meeting immediately, to decide what should be done, as there was no good in wasting their, energies upon useless ex citement. Something must be done; and the delegates would publish in the afternoon, or to-morrow (Tuesday), what they would recommend to be done. Until the senti ments of the delegates should be published, he would recom mend the people to withdraw to their homes. This recom mendation was instantly adopted ; but when our despatch left, the delegates had not published the result of their deliberations. Mr. Feargus O'Connor is said to be in Birmingham. THE COLLIERY DISTRICT. We passed through a portion of the colliery district on our way to the Potteries, arid found that work at all the pits had completely ceased. There were no symptoms of disturbance. The colliers insist upon being paid 4s. a day for their labour; some of the masters are willing to pay that remuneration, but the more opulent are determined to resist the demand. In the mean time coals are rapidly ad vancing in price. In passing through the district the follow ing extract was handed to us of a speech delivered by Mr. Finch, jun., of Liverpool, on the 29th of July, in the Anti- Corn-Law Conference at London : " The league and anti-monopoly associations, with the assistance of the colliers (/) have the power of compelling the aristocracy, in less than one month, to abolish corn-laws altogether, and to compel them also to grant the People's Charter. Let the colliers in all parts of the kingdom cease working for one month, and the thing is done ! ! They have only to insist upon these measures before they go to work again. This is the most simple and efficient measure that could be adopted to get all we want without spilling a drop of blood, or causing any commotion of any kind. The city of London would be without fuel, and all other concerns must come to a stand till it was settled." The colliers, among whom this pernicious advice has been circulated, certainly seem to us determined to act upon it. THE POTTERIES. On arriving at Newcastle, we found that a great number of the rioters at Burs'ern and Hanley were under examina tion before the magistrates. The result was that 18 men and 2 women were committed to Stafford Castle for trial at the next assizes. Work was partially being resumed ; and in the meantime, all the towns were filled with military and yeomanry, but no disturbance was apprehended. MANCHESTER. MONDAY NIGHT, QUARTER-PAST SEVEN.—This morn ing a portion of the mill hands in Manchester, as had been expected, resumed their work, those who did so consisting almost exclusively of the spinners of fine numbers. The coarse spinners had not as yet come to terms with their em ployers ; but a meeting was held in the early part of the day at which a deputation was appointed to wait upon the mas ters, with a view to come to a settlement of the disputed points between them. The dyers and printers were mostly at work; and the greatest part of the mechanics had also turned in. No disturbances of any conse quence occurred during the early part of the day, although the town was noticed to be unusually thronged with stran gers of a somewhat suspicious looking character. At one time a mob of disorderly people were congregated round the factory of Messrs. Birlev, which was at work; but the vigi lance and numbers of the police suppressed any attempt at violence. Messrs. Stirling and Beckton's mill, in Lower Mosley-street, which was somewhat severely damaged last week, had also commenced working, and was uninterrupted. Notwithstanding this absence of actual disturbance, the aspect of things was viewed by the authorities, as being far from satisfactory. The lull was deemed only a temporary one ; and unremitting efforts to prevent any possible re-com mencement of disorder were made by the authorities and the The price of bread has been reduced in Our city a half penny on the 41b. loaf, and a further reduction may be ex. pected to take place very soon.—Bristol Journal. THE MURDER AT HIGHBURY.—On Friday it WAS or dered by Government, that Mrs. Daly, the widow of Timothy Daly, the murdered policeman, should be paid 4501. from the Treasury. Mott, the baker, who was wound ed, 501; and Moss, the policeman, 201. The two latter persons are perfectly recovered, and are now at their usual avocations. Moss is performing duty in the N. division. A letter from Copenhagen, in the Leipsic Gaeetie, states, that in consequence of the excessive demands of the Russian Government, it is probable that the intended new conven tion relative to the Sound with Great Britain. Russia and Austria, will be abandoned, and that a separate convention will be entered into between Denmark and Prussia. In Paris the mercury has reached 80 degrees of Fahrenheit each night at mionight ; and on Wednesday last, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon in a northern aspect in the shade, it stood at 93. In London on Friday afternoon the sun's rays falling on a thermometer hanging in the open air the mercury rose to 137. GOTHA, AUGUST dreadful fire broke out yester day in the village of Tambach ; the flames were driven by the wind, and spread with such rapidity that all exertions to check them were in vain. Of 320 houses, 142 were burned, besides the church and the buildings attached to it. By this calamity 1,400 persons have lost their all. DEATH OF WILLIAM MAGINN, ESQ., LL.D.—With deep regret we ha ve t o recor d the death of Dr. Maginn, on Saturday, at his residence, Walton-upon-Thames. Dr. Maginn was in his 49th year. and for the last year and up wards suffered from confirmed consumption. He has left a widow and three children we fear without any provision but the claim of the lamented deceased upon the gratitude of the country, and more especially of the wealthy and high minded conservative party. THE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN.—The Dublin Pilot announces that the Lord Mayor has received a pressing in vitation from Birmingham to attend a meeting of the National Complete Suffrage Union, to take measures for the re-establishment of the peace of England, at which the re jected of Nottingham, Mr. Joseph Sturge, is expected to preside. "Of course," adds the Pilot, "it will be impos sible for the Lord Mayor to leave Dublin until tranquillity is restored in England." The latter piece of information is quite unnecessary. PRESENTATION FROM THE QUEEN TO THE KING CF PRUSSIA.—A magnificent piece of plate is about to be sent to Berlin, as a present from her majesty. It consists of a splendid group of figures in frosted silver—the elevation up wards of three feet. The whole represents an equestrian figure of St. George attacking the dragon, &c., all propor tionate height, on a base, also of silver, richly sculptured, and bearing shields; the first representing the imperial arms of Prussia ; the next those of the Queen and Prince Albert ; the Prince of Wales ; the fourth is the inscription, " To commemorate the occasion of the visit of his majesty to this country, the 23d of January, 1842." THE FORGERIES BY THE VESTRY CLERIC OF ST. LUKE'S.—As far as has been ascertained above £3,000 has been obtained by means of the forged checks from the bankers, and which it is believed has been entirely changed for gold at the bank, as for a fortnight previous to the sth instant the defaulter was in the habit of sending a person there with notes, for which the person brought back gold. In one day twenty £lO notes were so exchanged. Applica tion was made on Friday to the Lord Mayor at the Mansion house for a warrant to apprehend him, and which would be placed in the bands of the Forresters. It is supposed that Yee has gone with his family, which consists of his wife, a son, and four daughters, to America, The trustees have offered £2OO for his apprehension. Ills salary was £520 per annum. The tradesmen who became his bondsmen will be sufferers to the amount of £2,000. He is about 47 years of age.—London Times. A HINT TO RIOTERS TO DESTROY THE RAILWAYS.— An anti-corn-law and radical organ of Manchester contained on Saturday the following morceau :—" The invention of standing armies for ever deprived the people of that power of combined resistance which their ancestors could oppose with effect, because, equally with those who were brought against them, they had arms, and an intimate knowledge of their use, derived from habitual practice in boyhood, youth, and manhood. Numbers of ill-armed and undisciplined people are of no avail against troops, and a very small body of soldiery, directed with immeasurably less skill than is re quired to form a Napoleon or a Wellington, would put the largest force to route that the mere people of any country can bring into the field. Added to this, the invention of the locomotive power, which has revived the formation of the ' military roads, by means of which, anciently, the * fragments of a Roman legion readily maintained the possession of the island against the whole of the inhabitants, has strengthened the government, by enabling it to pour its entire military forces within a few hours upon any given quarter." ! ! THE STAGE.—Mademoi s elle Fanny Ellsler is expected shortly in Paris, and there are good hopes that the late dis putes between the fair runaway and the Grand Opera will turn out merely lovers' quarrels, and lead to a reconciliation. Mademoiselle Rachel has just concluded a most successful series of performances at Brussels, but we heartily wish her back again at the Francais. Rubini, having concluded his London engagement, is about to betake himself to the English provinces to give concerts. If he succeed in obtain ing audiences at a moment like the present, he will b e ar Orpheus indeed. There is no chance of our hearing him, w understand, in Paris. Ronconi, though not engaged, will, e we are led to believe, pass the winter in Paris, and, of course, we shall have an opp or t u nity of judgin g of at some of the leading concerts. M a d am e Viardot Garcia at the Italian Op era f or t h e coming season, is not engaged but it is still hoped she may be added to the company. French paper. EAST INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION. —The Steame r I n di a having performed her last voyage from Suez to Bombay against the height of the monsoon circumstance unprece dented in the annals of navigation, a it may be interesting to compare a statement of that steamer's performance on her last two voyages, the first having sr e e n n made in the fair sea son, and the second against the strength On her first voyage the India left Calcutta on the he itio l n O s tro n i January last, and steamed to Suez in 25 days and t 14 hours running 4,849 miles, or 1824 miles per day, consuming 680 tons of coal, or 7 6-101 b. per horse-power per hour. On h er second voyage, s h e left Calcutta on the 9th of May, and steamed in 34 days 4,658 miles against the wind, averaging 137 miles per day, and under sail four days, total distance 5,089 miles, consuming 900 tons of coal, or nib' p er horse power per hour. The result is most important as showing that the communication by steam can be kept up with the eastern side of India at all seasons of the year. On the first voyage the Calcutta letters reached London in 46 days; the second voyage her letters were detained 24 days in Egypt waiting a conveyance. DEATH OF Hahn CLINE.—It is said that this celebrated rope-dancer has been killed in Mexico by a party of bri gands. The Perth Courier records the death of a hen 35 years old, the property of a farmer at Tullylumb, after laying, on a fair calculation, nearly 9,000 eggs. The official announcement of the blockade of the port of San Juan de Nicaragna, by Sir Charles Adam, is made in Friday night's Gazette. THE COLDAIRIAN SYSTEM.—The last time I was in Dublin, I called on Tom, and found him one bitter cold and stormy morning, standing at an open window, nearly quite undressed. On asking him what he was about, he said lie was " getting up a bass voice, that Mrs. Some body, who gave good dinners and bad concerts, was dis appointed of her bass singer, and I think," said Tom, " I'll be hoarse enough in the evening to take double B flat. Systems are the fashion now," said he, " there is the Logierian system and other systems, and mine is the Col dairian system, and the b es t i n the world for getting up a bass voicc."—Handy Handy. A BREAKFAST DECOCTION FOR JUVENILES.—When you have finished your own breakfast, take the teapot and fill it up with warm water. Fill an infant's mug one-fourth part with milk, and add another fourth part of pure water. Now you may have recourse to your teapot, from which you may pour ad libitum, and having added a little sugar, you have a splendid breakfast decoction for the juveniles.— Punch. STATISTICS OF MENDICITY.—The Edinburgh Review proves to demonstration that begging is a very profitable trade ; and it is a curious fact, that singing beggars make larger sums than those who do not combine the profes sion of vocalist with the trade of mendicant. We un derstand that since the introduction of Mr. Mainzer's Singing for the Million, musical beggars have increased in the ratio of three to one; and it is a remarkable fact that the worse they sing the better thing they make of it. Beg gars with children get much more then beggars with none; and when they hold up their offspring as objects of compas sion, they may be said, in legal phraseology, to plead the ge neral issue. —Punch. In the appalling thunderstorm which occurred on Wednes day week a poor woman, the wife of a miner. John Ward, of Birdwell, was in the house with her six children, during its progress. The whole household was in extreme alarm, and she had just commended her children to the keeping of HEAVEN, when a most vivid flash of lightening, followed by an instantaneous and awful crash, occurred ; the lightening burst throngh the roof, darted down the walls, shattering the works of a clock to atoms, and laid the poor woman a corpse on the floor, leaving her terrified household uninjured.— Leeds Mercury. THE Bisnor OF BANGOR.—The following anecdote will be read with. interest by those wh o are at all acquainted with Dr. Bethell, the estimable bishop of Bangor. A few days since a creditor of a poor curate in his lordship's diocese sued him ; judgment was signed, and execution issued against him. He had not the means of paving the debt and costs, amounting to £23. He therefore waited on his lordship to deliver the particulars of his position, preparatory, as he an ticipated, to being taken to the county gaol at Beaumaris. The statement affected his lordship, even to tears. The curate wept—the bishop sobbed, and drew a check upon the Bangor bank in favor of the cnrate for the full amount of the debt and costs. NAPOLEON CONQUERED BY A FEMALE. Napoleon lived on friendly terms with the family of Mr. Balcombe, in St. Helena, at a small white house, called the Briars. Miss Balcombe was a great favourite with the Emperor. She was very young, and Napoleon used to condescend to romp with her. However, one day she drew his sword, and got him up in a corner, laughing at him and preventing his escape. " Now," said she, with glee, " I have the greatest man in the world at my mercy." The Emperor, it is said, was so annoyed at this sally that he never spoke to her afterwards. WATERSPOUT.—The Mersey, Captain Steel, belonging to Liverpool, arrived at Oporto, from the former port, re ports having seen a waterspout on the 3d instant, which rapidly approached the Mersey, but passed about three ships' length off her. It then made a direct course to wards a small schooner about a mile ahead of the Mersey, which Captain Steel supposes was engulphed in the vortex, as the weather was thick at the time, with heavy rain. thunder, and lightning; and on its clearing up, in about 15 minutes after, the schooner was not to be seen, either on deck or aloft. The schooner was apparently steering the same course as the Mersey when the water-spout was first seen. The schooner was under a heavy press of sail at the time, and, the weather being hazy, did not probably perceive it until it was close upon bar. The Bayonne Islands bore by compass S.E. by S., distant 36 miles, the wind from the northwestward. WHo ARE THE CONSPIRATORS ?—The present is not the time for accusation, further than as pointing to the really guilty may open the eyes of the dupes. The time, however, will come, when some who have lately held a high and in solent tone on a conspicuous stage will have cause to trem ble. Yes, the time will come when the practices of the Leaguers will be exposed by the searching process of a legal investigation. Yes, the time will come when an account of the sums collected by the League, the expenditure of those sums, and the parties to whom paid, must be rendered to au honest judge and twelve honest jurors —when the arrange ments, too, for goading the manufacturing labourers to vio lence, by the causeless reduction of wages, will be brought to light, and when the country will see the reasons given for preferring to begin the movement, not in .3fanchester itsetf, but at a little distance. The Leaguers are in the trap that they laid for others, and they know it. The season for their full exposure has not indeed yet arrived; but it may be well for the working classes to know that they have been the wretched dupes of the League, who have hired incendiaries to stimulate them to rebellion, by private as well as by pub lic exhortation—who have again unnecessarily placed them in poverty to stimulate them to rebellion. And all for what? In order permanently to prolong their hours of toil, and their mouths of want and idleness ; and still further to abridge their miserable pittance of wages. Yes, it is all the work of the League.—Standard. VISIT OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE TO THE NORTH.-- Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George were expected to arrive at Stockton yesterday, by a special train from Darlington, and at that town they were to receive addresses from the corporation. The illustrious vi sitors would then proceed to Wynyard, the seat of the Mar quis of Londonderry, where a large assemblage of the nobility and gentry of the United Kingdom will meet them to celebrate the Coming of age of the noble marquis'e eldest son, Lord Seaham. At the city of Durham, preparations have been made for giving due honour to the royal duke and his illustrious son. To-morrow (Wednesday) they will visit Sunderland ;at half-past three o'clock they are to receive congratulatory addresses from the corporation ; at s i x t h e i r royal h i g h nesses w ill attend a public dinner in th e E xc h ange- b u ildi ngs. Th e Mayor (Sir Hedworth Williamson) having declined to preside on account of some ill-feeli ng w hi ch has arisen between the no b le mar quis and himself relative to the liberal portion of the Sun derland magi s t racy (i n consequence of a speech delivered by Lord Londonderry in the House of Lords) the committee have selected R. S. Pemberton, Esq., a magistrate of the county and an influential coalowner of Monkwearinouth, to preside, and J. J. Wright, Esq., to take the vice-chair. Two hundred of the first gentry of the town and county will be present, that being as great a number as the room will accommodate. In the evening a full-dress ball will take place in the Athenaeum, the proceeds of which will be given to the fund for the relief of the unemployed workmen in the borough. Their royal highnesses are expected to visit New castle, where they will no doubt receive an enthusiastic re ception. VARIETIES. The Boston, Post says : waiting maids!" . _ " Marriageable ladies are called Why is singing for the million the best substitute for uni versal suffrage? Because it will give every one a voice in the country.—Puncli. LOVE or CHILDREN.---" I like a child that cr i es ," sa id t a ken away." the Abbe Moreßot. " Why ? Because then it will be JUDGE POSTER.—A short time before this great lawyer's death, he went the Oxford circuit in one of the hottest sum mers that had been remembered. His charge to the grand jury was as follows :—" Gentleman,—the weather is extreme ly hot, I am very old, and you are very well acquainted with your duty; practise it." A HUMOROUS Fool,.—lt will be seen by a paragraph in the papers that the smallest horse in the world has been presented to Her Majesty. We understand that Mr. Hume has offered his services to the Sovereign, which, if accepted, will place not only the smallest horse, but the greatest ass (by his own confession,) at the disposal of Royalty.—Punch. PRECOCIOUS GENIUS.—" Bible-dictionary class, come up,', said our schoolmaster. " Who was Lot's wife ?" " The pillow of salt what Moses laid his head on when he went up to Mount Sinai to offer his son Isaac up, coz he had no sheep but himself to do otherwise." " What is said about Jonah ?" " Jonah swallowed a big fish, and was found the third day asleep with a parcel of James river leaf in his mouth, which he gave to the Queen of Sheba for mendin' his trousers, w hi c h h e b us ted in strainin' to. get oat of the lion's den, where Daniel had been eatin' mi nce p!e and Brandreth's pill s ." "Goup to head." THE WEAK POINT IN GIBRALTER.—We have been i n t h e habit of esteeming the Rock of Gigraltar as wholly impregnate ble. The following passage, however, from the :Marqui s o f Londonderry's " Tour to Constantinople' will teach the people in England to be a little nervous on that poin,t. The warning there given by a military authority of sucn recoc, niscd capacity cannot fail to produce a due impression t b taennliaeedreoceaS ocean-line Horse Guards :—" I should consider the sea-defen ces o itln o a , f i the t t i e s ypFaeusxsrther, it seems to place weaker than those on the land-side. to 18,000 q sa u y it , e a i s m f p a r r eg a i s is h b u le m ; a n n ot j u so dg a e l m on e g nt its ca v n er of batteries, a t t h t a e t ri a e s s, th c e ur to ta w in n s, h pa ra pets , as from 16,000 inhabitants, all of whom, except about 3,000, are foreigners, serious attack, you coulPopulation turn out t gners, in case of a outside the lines, this fois t the sea, or scribed it. If a French or Russian fleet ign as I have de within the bay, and batter the town to were ever to come tion of these inhabitants might be pieces, the disaffec- The stores, dep3ts. and places d' extremely embarrassing separated and dispersed—all Wou a rr nes, also appear widely mensurate separation of the defensiverquire a great and com force, which might thus, in detail, become a pre •y to internal • Even rnal disaffection. . . beyond this, there is no citadel or p l ace for troops to re t i re to in case of any reverse. These are very serious considera tions; and the British Government would do well to look to them in times of peace and late when quiet • it will b e too danger is at hand ; and, - ci t ' the world, no one can in the present polit ical_ uropean assume to pronounce what A combinations or alliances may take place." 4 THE v VENETI AN DUNGEON.—We are now in P r i s on — i n a Venetian dungeon —with our reader for a companion. How t atro ciously ingenious, how diabolically inventive , i e ' is cruelty ! are In a cell, w hi ch we enter stooping. we made to notice that the round hole above the door from the passage by which it is entered, while it admits air do e more, excludesnoughtoeela prisoner alive, and was n ot meant 9. ary candle, whi c h L even the compani ons hip of the so light was pla ce d was permitted only at meal time. The without. and opposite the air h : l aii. These awful e nce i ntes prison e, so as to throw me re l y a . small circular halo on the tothe endurance of man in suf fering, and prove that in bear strong testimony also to may even be active, and that a certain exertion of its Po wers is possible, in utt er dark ness and hopeless confin ement, aggrava ted t oo often by . death, o f a sanguinary w hi ch the only un certainty anticipation of Mien and the how. U certainty was the composing his " Foscari," is said to have enter, BP.", n the face for several hours looked darknessi have even their curiosities ! at a time. These horrid cells h ' oe t `hemselves whichpainters have bequeathed portraits er yet beheld interested us like two , none which we_. profiles oof—a kingly head, with a crown on on one low r , and by it ano ther are the Paduan t yra nt ther face. lit, Carrara and who were certainly strangled his son , • • h•within these dun vail ing mself of the h star, dun geons., our when hi s the cand l e , shone from i the hole above, ea c h spoon for a pencil, is said to h , with a charred of the other on the roof. Four have marked the shadow rolled by, but well does the ' centuries and more have the dry stone wall. Nor indelible charcoal still cling to of a poor illiterate fellow , wi t hout its interests is the scrawl own merry disposition, tho ug h who records of himself only his as were all who passe d ough doomed to live and die here, " Here was confined along this narrow fatal corridor. Padua, boon com Guiseppe ---, goldsmith, of pagno, kc. Spero." Hope s ritornax in dietro, ma here I it they were written • seems marvellous to find even Blackwood. en in such a place.—Sketches of Italy, in