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The new that the Eng lish ca p itali sts woofta' Hopes were expressed , yet oome forward and re lieve the pecuniary necessities of United St a tes Treasury. It was rumoured , from W "heienrgt.eoor, of that Mr. Webster in tended to resig n the office of S e wo uld be succeede d either b y Cu sh i ngtilt. State, and that he or by Mr. Up shur, Mr. Forward would remain at the Tre bills Ilia had been The business done in exchange for the Caledonia had been to a considerable amount. The supply of 10, cent. to 0 moderate. On London the rate was 1071 to 1 , 1 ,'. i 1 l and on Bremen, ;1:i . premium : on Paris, sf. 32i to 310 : on Amsterdper 39-i ! on Hamburgb, :151 to 35i Sir Charles Bagot, Governor-General of Canada t 76. -, opened the second session of the first parliament of Canada on the Bth ult. His excellency's speech on the occasion did not contain any matter of importance. Alluding to the treaty recently concluded between Great Britain and the United States, he expressed his satisfaction at the amicable way in which a dispute of so long standing as that respecting the boundary had been settled. Orders had been received, by the.steamer from Liverpool, for the Grenadier and Coldstream Guards, at Quebec, and the 7th Hussars, at Laprarie, to hold themselves in readiness to return home this autumn. The news from Texas is to the end of August. An ex pectation was felt that, through the joint interposition of the agents of Great Britain and the United States, a treaty of peace would be agreed on between Mexico and Texas, and a atop put to the effusion of blood. SERMON By Tat REV. HUGE' M`NEILE IN THE PARISH CHURCR . — Yesterday this distinguished divine preached in the parish church of this town, on behalf of the Chapel of Ease, Academy -street. Divine service commenced at one o'clock. The audience was large, and very respectable, com prising many of the gentry of the town and its vicinity. The rev. preacher took his text from the second chapter of Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews, latter part of the 14th verse—" That through death be might destroy him that had the power of death—that is the devil." lie said he would first address the congregation before him as an ambassador of Christ ; " If possible, the engravings in the Part before us (VIII) are even more beautiful than in its predecessors. Dominie Sampson in the library is capital."—Bristol Journal. " The wood-cuts are delightfully done ; in many instances with a crispness and clearness that almost persuade us they are from steel plates."—The Argus. 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" Another division of this admirable series of works, with its equally admirable and original illustrations, is before us. This must supersede every other edition of the Waverley Novels.—Liverpool Courier. "The illustrations are worthy of the splendour of the work. The pictorial Waverley must command an extensive circulation." —Liverpool Albion. " Another number, fully equal to the first in pictorial beauty, of this splendid and unique edition is before us. His readers may subscribe to, and nations may erect what monu ments or statues they will in honour of " The Ariosto of the North, Ih'ho sang of love and war, romance and knightly worth," but this work is the most magnificent memorial to his genius which the age has yet produced."—Liverpool Chronicle. " The present Part fully bears out the promise of this truly magnificent edition of the great novelists works of ima gination."—Northern Whig. " A more delicious work never issued from the English or Scottish press, either as to the interest of the matter, or the exquisite felicity of the execution."—Scottish Reform er's Gazette. that was his highest object, and for that purpose he had chosen a portion of scripture that treated of Christ's victory over death, and his achievement over the grave at his resur rection. In the second place, he stood there as an advocate of church extension. In the prosecution of the first part of his discourse, the rev, gentleman manifested that deep, theo logical knowledge, and that commanding and touching elo quence, for which he has been so justly celebrated. He dwelt on the inadequacy of nature to supply any saving knowledge of God, expatiated on the ruin introduced into the world by sin, and on the victory gained over death and the grave by the Saviour. On arriving at his second point, church extension, Mr. M`Neile said that lie understood the population of Belfast, connected with the established church, amounted to thirty thousand persons, and yet there was only church accommodation for four thousand. Was such a state of things satisfactory ?—was it such as men should rest contented with? Suppose the population remain stationary, was it a prospect that Christian men could contemplate with complacency, and continue inactive ? But it could not remain stationary—the population was in creasing, and would rapidly increase ; there was, therefore, an urgent call on Christians as to this matter. H e cam e there to draw their attention to the case of th e Ch ane l o f Ease, having been invited by their pastor to do so. If they had thirty thousand blind persons, and asylum s f or on l y f our thousand, would they not regard it as desperate ? Yet blind ness was a calamity that only reached the body, but there were thirty thousand persons in their town, baptized into all the high responsibilities of the Christian Church, and only accommodation for four thousand. He did not wish to say anything harsh or reproachful ; he only wished them t o re proach themselves, and to do so pungently ; b ut t hi s he would say, apathy or parsimony betrayed a state o f m i n d opposed to the mind that was in Christ; it showed a man to be satisfied with his own things ; but the mind that was in Christ was an unselfish mind—an expansive, benevolent, self-sacrificing mind. They could not have great things— they must use means : they could not command into exist ence twenty or thirty thousand churches to overtake the wants of a growing population, but they must get up one at a time. He understood the Chapel of Ease cost the sum of £6OO ; the Church Accommodation Society supplied half that sum, and only £lOO more had been collected ; and he wanted from them £2OO to make up the entire £6OO. He would ask them, what better could they do with their money than to give it to such an object ? He would not have th em to dole out just what they would not miss ; was that the way to serve God ? it was not the way God served them, for He opened His bosom and gave His own from Him Son, p who, "though He was rich, yet for their sakes became 2or, that they through His poverty might become rich." from their' parents, Him,—whether theyTheyd accident derived elevated by her themeaor aywealthy descent position. was but short It `tvre merely stewards, and their stewardship thought. If the elongest, and might be shorter than they importance great urgency N if the claim was great, so was its harvest important also.L. daub7the . issue of the present glorious t ess . it was. .Was the political change of last year important the bearings it had on the cause of rational' liberty '—d more important the Gospel . of Christ it was ; but, how much impossible to magnify its importance . and its claims. It was concluded, the collection as The sermon being amounted to £95, including £22 from proceeded with, which rom those who withcould not conveniently attend. The following whose names we did not ascertain, g a e c n t ti c ren, others : Lord Hamilton Chichester; Sir Kobeert s collectors Tson, ; Thomas Verner, Esq., Sovereign ; Conway Castle Dobbs ; John Al`Neile, Esq.; WilliaYm Cairns,obbs, Esq., Edward Walkington , Esq. ; Rev. Mr. Thum s Esq. riaghy ; Rev. Mr. Forde, Seaforde ; Rev. Mr.l3 0 , , Der- Holywood ; Hugh Clarke, Esq., &c., &c.—Ulster _ ,)ie Tyrrell, Thursday, Sept. 29. Ti BOf TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1842. The excitement produced in the public mind by the late fire in this town, has naturally elicited a multitude of propositions for the prevention, in future, of a similar calamity. On every hand it is admitted, and with justice, that the construction of much of the ware house property of the town is faulty in the extreme. The approaches to many of our most valuable piles of building are miserably bad, and such as, in case of a fire occurring, prevent even the hope of any measures of our efficient fire police being available to prevent ex tensive destruction. And, added to these difficulties, the location of wretched cottage property, marine store keepers' warehouses, sheds, and other combustible erections, cooperages, timber-yards, &c., in the heart of the town, and in the immediate locality of masses of valuable merchandise and extensive buildings, is an evil which cannot too soon attract the notice of the public, with a view to its removal. As yet, however, we have seen nothing like a feasible plan proposed to meet the difficulties with which the subject is beset. We have seen no measure pointed at by which the property of individuals can be regu lated so as to ensure public safety, without manifest injustice being committed. It has indeed been said— " take the warehousing of property out of the hands of private parties, and make the dock trustees the cus todiers of the merchandise of the port. Let us have centralisation of management—a uniform system of warehousing on the dock quays a quasi-police organisation of porterage, and other similar hobbies of liberalism' in our local government." But the conviction stares us in the face that no measures of the kind can meet the extent of the evil, and at the same time do justice to the owners of the warehouse property at present existing. We have no right to say to those parties, we will destroy that property which we profited by creating. We have no right to say, we will mulct the owners of secure and well-regulated pro. perty for the default of those who offer imperfect secu rity and insufficient facilities to the public. We have already a large mass of capital invested in warehouses ; and our aim must be to lop away the excrescencies of the present system, but not to destroy the property itself. `Whatever regulations we may devise to control the future erection of warehouses—and that there must be some such control few men will deny—we have still to contend with the difficulty presented by the existing erections. How can we render these safe ? How can we remove from them those adjoining premises which render them hazardous ? 'We should suggest that the authorities of the town have some power which might be stretched in this direction. They have power to put down an offensive or a dangerous nuisance ; and we can conceive few more dangerous than a wood hovel—a receptacle for rags, old ropes, oakum, and other similar offal—in the centre of a pile of valuable buildings. We should imagine, too, that they have the power of preventing the carrying on of hazardous trades in such localities. If, however, they have not such powers, to an extent likely to render their efforts efficacious, it is time that they possessed them ; for we cannot conceal from ourselves the fact, that until some strong control of the nature pointed out is exercised for the regulation of the buildings of the town—not warehouses only, but buildings of every description— we live in the constant fear of being subjected to similar and even greater calamities than that which we have just witnessed. In the existing state of commerce, and with the low rate of profit to which men in every branch of trade are willing to submit, it is in vain to place our de pendence upon individual prudence. Merchants are sensitively afraid of the slightest additional expense of warehousing, cartage, or porterage, of their mer chandise. A few months passed by, and the memory of this calamity weakened, we shall again see the same resort to low-rented and insecure buildings for the storage of the most valuable property. Although we have just seen it proved how infinitely more secure are those fire-proof erections which abound in the town, we shall find individuals, and even assurance com panies themselves, willing, for the sake of temporary profit, to run all the hazards which attend the use of the common erections. Our fears may perhaps be allayed by some additional facilities being affiarded for the extinguishing of fire—by some scheme for afford ing a better supply of water, or for providing more powerful engines. All these, however, are mere evasions of the difficulty, whilst nothing less ought to satisfy the authorities and the community of this great town than a large and complete remedial measure. Of what nature, then, we shall be asked, is that remedial measure which we would suggest ? Simply, we reply, an act for the improvement of the town, the removal of the unwholesome and dangerous pro perty which abounds in the neighbourhood of our most valuable business and warehousing localities, and the erection, upon its site, of spacious and well-planned streets. The proposition may, we are aware, be a startling one, from the magnitude of the object which it has in view; but better, far better, we contend, face the whole difficulty at once, than wait until, after frittering away money in temporising expedients, we are driven, by the occurrence of a conflagration which will sweep away our most valuable along with our Worthless property, to set about th e erec ti on , u p on it s :ashes, o f a new town ! London, by such a calamity, upw wooden into e its n e r eperteisoennst raisedform—exchangedi3yu or for the forefathers, her present stately streets and noble buildings. New York, after a similar visitation, has sprung up into a magnificent form ; Hamburg, swept to the ground, is even now rising from its ashes, a city which few will parallel. Why should this great mart of commerce wait until calamity compels her—until millions' worth of property and hundreds of lives are sacrificed—to secure herself from similar visitations, and assume her proper station by the side of the other great cities of the world ? It is not, however, as a defence against the dangers of fire that we would urge the removal, by the powers of an improvement act, of those filthy and disgraceful streets which exist in the neighbourhood of the busi ness portion of the town. The health of our popula tion surely demands something at our hands. The morals of that population, too, should be cared for. Can human beings, crowded in the wretched cellars and hovels, the noisesome courts and scarcely less noisesorne streets, which exist in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel and other thoroughfares, be expected to be either healthy or well-conducted ? Can they be expected to breathe freely who never see the sun or sky except through the exhalations which hang around their filthy domiciles, or be virtuous and moral who are pressed into the contact of vice, and have drunken ness, profanity, and indecency before their eyes from morn to night—from infancy to old age ? Surely not ! It is these dens which crowd our prisons with victims —which breathe their physical and moral pestilence throughout our town ; and it would be a noble policy which would, at any sacrifice, attempt their purifica tion. We are perhaps wandering here from our vocation as journalists. It is not our province, it may be said, to point out their course to the owners of property with in the borough. We may be told, too, that the propo sition which we have hazarded is a chimera too vast to be even contemplated. Upon the latter point, how ever, we are far from being convinced. A scheme, ap proaching to the one before us in extent, was started when it was proposed to surround our docks with warehouses —one, too, which would be infinitely more fatal than this to the owners of property within the town. Compare the relative advantages of the two and who could for a moment hesitate between them ? Not surely the owners of the property to be removed, or that in its neighbourhood ; for we venture to say that few instances have occurred in which property has not been infinitely increased in value by such a measure. At any rate we shall, we trust, be justified in directing the attention of the public to the subject, however imperfectly, by the impending discussion upon it in Wednesday's Council -meeting ; for we clot think that a motion so extended in its objects as the following, of which notice has been given by Mr. Alderman Nicol, can be disposed of without every re medial measure, which has been, or may be proposed, of a nature at all feasible, being taken into serious con sideration by that body. Mr. Nicol proposes— That a committee of seven be appointed to enquire into and to take into consideration— 1. The present state of warehouses in Liverpool ; 2. All practicable improvements in their construction, separation, and arrangement, with reference to better pro tection of life and property from fire ; and 3. Any necessary applications to government and the legislature for the better effecting such improvements ; And to report thereon at the next Council. Since the above remarks were in type, our attention has been called to the following paragraph, in yester day's Albion : " Could the corporation, by purchase or other means, prevent the building of warehouses upon the ground cleared by the fire, they would be entitled to apply for an act to en able the dock estate to construct, upon the dock quays, a quantity of warehouses equivalent to that which has been destroyed elsewhere. To this expedient for replacing private warehouses which are, or may hereafter be, destroyed, or taken down with others upon the dock quays, the warehouse interest can offer no fair objection." What a hankering, on the part of " liberalism," after its precious warehouse scheme, and its favourite system of centralisation, does this insidious proposition exhibit ! Prevent, "by purchase or otherwise," the appropriation of this site to the building of ware houses, however complete and secure, in order that the Dock Committee may have in their own hands the nomination of some hundred additional officials. Mo dest proposition, Mr. Albion ! Doubtless, the latest new coinage of Mr. Alderman Evans ! With all de ference, however, to so high authority, we venture to predict that it will not go down with the people of Li verpool. The question is not, as the Albion and his coadjutors would suggest, one in which the warehouse owners have a right to be consulted. The public have, or ought to have, a voice in the matter ; and the pub lic, as " Liberalism" might before this have discovered, is far from being enamoured of the project of surround ing the docks with piles of useless building, and surren dering the warehousing of the port to the management of the dock trustees. Conservatism is at present in the ascendant in our Council. For that, may we ask of the Conservative public, what agency have we to thank ? The answer, if the truth be spoken, will be that to the united energy of all ranks of Conservatives ;—to their perse vering vigilance—to their resolute determination to emancipate the borough from the galling yoke of "liberalism"—are owing all the benefits of which we are now in possession — that the Established Protestant Church in our town is no longer flouted at, from the bench and from the council-room—that Socinianism no longer rides rampant, on each Sabbath, clothed in authority, to its favourite convencticle—that the schools, provided to promote the spread of Scriptural education amongst the children of our poor, are no longer prostituted by the foot of Popery, or perverted to the proselytising of the rising generation of our town to Infidelity under its various modern guises— that, in fine. we now present to the empire the noble example of a community, Conservative, Protestant, and loyal in everything which it has lain within their own power to determine—anti-Conservative, anti-Protestant, and tainted with the leaven of "liberalism," only so far as we have not yet had time to cast out from amongst us the dregs which the subsiding of the foul waters of Whiggery and Radicalism has left upon our paths. The energy of Conservatism, awakened by the stir ring appeals of our Protestant champions, sustained by a powerful press, and led on by the wealth, the talent, and the respectability of the town, achieved for us our present position : where, we ask, is that energy now ? Is it a time to faint and fall down when the first fruits of the victory are in our hands ? Shall we give way to supineness when the enemy is only stunned — not dead—and before we have built up and secured the breach through which we have advanced to the pos session of the fortress ? We hope such will not be the conduct of Conservatives at the present crisis; that they will fight the battle which is approaching with the same vigour with which they met their opponents be fore their strength was broken, as now it is. To keep in their present position is a triumph as great as it was in time past to gain ; to beat back the assault even of a rallying few, if that few be determined and desperate, requires often as much energy as to attack success fully. "The faction" is desperate —is determined — will fight to the last gasp--:will rally by the last ditch ; and nothing, save the utmost energy which Conserva tism can put forth, can inflict upon it such an utter prostration as will effectually secure us from its fur ther assaults. Yield up to it one point on the present occasion, and the certain result will be a revival of its lost strength—the gathering together in their pristine form of the bruised folds of the serpent,—with the assu rance that we have before us another desperate strug gle to encounter, in order to regain the ground which our supineness has yielded up. We may be in error in supposing that any lack of energy charecterizes the proceedings of the Conserva tive party at the present moment. We trust that we , are so; but when we look at the all-importance of this particular contest—at the fact that, even to maintain our position, it will be necessary that we should win ten seats out of the sixteen vacant; when we see moreover the suspicious silence of every organ, in the confidence of the Whig faction, upon the subject of the approaching election—we must confess that we are scarcely satisfied with our position. We know, and we would impress the fact upon our Conservative friends, that it is the purpose of our opponents, how ever moveless they may appear at the present moment, to contest every ward in the borough, whether with or without a chance of success. The most dangerous op ponent is ever that one which crouches before it springs ; and in this attitude we fear the treachery of Whiggery more than when it swaggers and rears its front in the light of day. At the last hour, depend upon it, the faction will muster all its energies ; and shame will be upon us if we are not ready to repel its assault however desperate In two or three wards we are delighted to see our Conservative fellow-townsmen up and stirring. St. Peter's Ward meets on Wednesday , to support the election of an excellent candidate, Samuel Holme, Esq., to supply the place of Mr. Bright, who remove s hi s lantern to some new "Gibraltar , " or perhaps to his own shop. To contest this place of strength, Whig gery brings forwards the elite of its party, Mr. Hugh Hornby; and although thus " Greek meets Greek," we trust that the "tug of war" will not be against Conservatism. E N ER GY,--ACTIVITY, must b e t h e watchwords of the Conservatives of St. Peters' ! The Conservatives of Castle-street Ward meet on Thursday to forward the election of Mr. Glazebrook, a candidate of the right description. Exchange is up and ready with Mr. North at its head. Let other wards but do their duty as these are doing, and we fear not the re sult. We ask only for CONSERVATIVE ENERGY to stun the snaky thing, whiggery, in every ward, so effectually, that it will vex us no more ! WE have pleasure in informing our readers that a subscription is now being collected for the relief of the unfortunate sufferers by the recent calamitous fire in Liverpool. Already several of our most influential townsmen are actively engaged in collecting the funds which will be required to meet the urgency and extent of the case. The merchants of the metropolis, too, even foremost in responding to the call of benevolence, have promptly, and, we believe, voluntarily, tendered their aid ; and we have no doubt that their noble ex ample will be followed by every commercial community throughout the empire. Of the amount which will be required to fulfil the benevolent objects in view, we are at the present mo ment utterly unable to offer an opinion. We know not even as yet the number of those whom this awful cala mity has deprived of life, and for whose parents, wi dows, or orphans humanity demands of us to provide. Many, we have no doubt, whose bones lie crushed and blackening beneath the burning mass which now covers the scene of destruction, were strangers, drawn by the call of the moment to offer their aid ; and their loss will he mourned in many a cabin, in our own or in another land, where the hand of charity cannot reach the mourners. We shall never, accurately, ascertain the names or the persons of half of those who have perished ; but the number already known who have left relatives unprovided for, or who have sustained serious injuries,. which disable them from pursuing their usual labour, is sufficient to call forth the best exertions of the humane and liberal in this and other communities. As a question of mere humanity, the present attempt ought to be taken up warmly, especially in our own town. Peculiarly liable to the ravages of fire as Liver pool confessedly is, we ought at least to prove to those of our fellow-townsmen or fellow-countrymen, who risk their lives or their limbs to protect our property, that they do not thus peril themselves in behalf of selfish or ungrateful men. It is, after all, perhaps, a miserably inadequate return which we are enabled to offer to the bereaved and the broken-hearted for the loss of the son, the husband, or the father, whose love brightened and whose labour provided for the necessi ties of their little home. We can but dry their tears and heal over their suffering by the sympathy and the aid which we bring. Sitll this, even, is something; and as we cannot do more—as we cannot recal the lost—let us do this little, we entreat of our fellow townsmen, as efficaciously as we can. Our readers will perceive in our advertising columns the announcement of an extensive sale of timber, by Messrs. Chaloner, Houghton, and Co. We believe we are not wrong in saying that the sales of this firm are not paralleled in importance by those of any house in the kingdom ; and this being their first sale under the operation of the new tariff, will possess an extraordinary interest, and, we have no doubt, attract the attention, and the attendance as well, of the great bulk of the trade in this neighbourhood. We may say, indeed, that it will be watched by the country, as an index of the operation of one of the most important features in one of the greatest mea sures of Sir Robert Peel's Government. :~ '~ _: ST. DAVID'S CHURCH. A T a numer ous an d hi g hl y-respectable MEETI N G o f t h e Friends and Supporters of ST. DAVID'S CHURCH, convened by the Churchwardens, and held at the Welsh School-room, on FRIDAY, the 30th September, 1842, The Rev. Rector BROOKS in the Chair, It was moved by J. B. CLOD pH, Esq., seconded by the Rev. Dr. TATTERSHALL, And Resolved unanimously,—That each and every of the allegations contained in a certain memorial, bearing the sig natures of John Hughes and J. Richards, said to have been presented to the Lord Bishop of Chester, a copy of which has been laid before this meeting, has been fully met and com pletely refuted by the Rev. Robert Davies, Minister of St. David's Church, in this town, and tha the character of that reverend gentleman stands, in the opinion of the meeting, wholly vindicated from the charges brought against him in that memorial. It was moved by the Rev. FIELDING OULD, seconded by the Rev. ROBERT DAVIES, That the thanks of the meeting be cordially given to the Rev. Rector Brooks for his kindness in taking the Chair. A VERBATIM REPORT of the SPEECHES delivered at the above meeting is NOW READY and may be had of ARTHUR NEWLING Ranelagh-street, and all other book sellers. _ LIVER THEATRE. LAST TWO NIGHTS OF MR. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAINMENTS. T 0- MORROW EVENING (WEDNESDAY) HIGH LAND MELODY and SONG. List of the Songs : My Heart's in the Highlands—The Maid that Tends the Goats—The Bard's Legacy—Lizzie Lindsay—Highland La ment—The M`Gregor's Gathering. Part ll.—Farewell to Lochaber—Come under my Plaidie —Pibroch o' Donuil Dhui—Boat Song of the Highlands— Tullochgorum. O❑ FRIDAY EVENING, Mr. WILSON'S FAREWELL NIGHT. At WOODSIDE, On THURSDAY EVENING, at Seven o'clock, Mr. WILSON will give the ADVENTURES of PRINCE CHARLES. HALF THE DUTY OFF FURS. G. IRELAND, 92, BOLD -STREET, Liverpool, re • spectfully invites the Nobility and Ladies of Liver pool and its vicinity to inspect his NEW AND SELECT STOCK OF FURS, which is now quite ready for the Season, and comprises every novelty yet produced. Amongst the newest may be placed THE CARDINAL CAPE. which possesses an elegance of appearance hitherto unaccom plished in the Fur Trade. H. G. I. wishes to impress upon the public the fact that every thing is manufactured on the Premises, under his own inspection ; and that having an agent always in the London Markets, he is enabled to produce the NEWEST DESIGNS, on their first appearance, and also to purchase on the most advantageous terms, consequently he can offer FURS at such prices as he fearlessly asserts will defy competition. In ALTERATIONS and REPAIRS he flatters himself he will continue to please, as they will be executed, as here tofore, on the Premises, by Workmen of the first class, from London, expressly engaged for that purpose. CLEANING MUFFS AND BOAS .... 2s. 6d. each. CLEANING CAPES AND SHAWLS..3s. 6d. „ N.B.—An Assortment of Gentlemen's Fur Coats, Boots, Gloves, Caps, and Travelling Bags, &c. A Quantity of Strong Boas for Travelling, at ls. 6d. each. LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. 114 - EMBERS are hereby informed that the OPEN RE HEARSALS during the present Quarter will take place On FRIDAY next, the ith October, On FRIDAY, the 4th November, and On FRIDAY, the 2d December. WM. SUDLOW, Secretary. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. T HIS EVENING, (Tu es d a y,) O c t o b er 4, The Tragedy of VENICE PRESERVED. After which, for the second time here, the Grand Fairy Spectacle of !'. l BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, With Splendid New Scenery, Extensive Machinery, Tricks, and Transformations. New Dresses, and Appointments. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We shall feel obliged if the gentleman who advertised in our last publication for a situation for a governess would favour us with another copy of the references, as we have mislaid that left with us. We have received the communication of " Justicia", com menting upon one or two singular proceedings which have occurred of late in our Police-court. These had not en tirely escaped ourselves ; and we shall probably either insert our Correspondent's letter or offer a few remarks of our own upon the subject. A correspondent who enquires from us the age of Mr. Francis Jordan must apply in another quarter. He flourished, we believe, in his own country a considerable time before the '9B. We have no information upon the proceedings or the inten tions of the Conservatives of Vauxhall Ward with respect to the approaching municipal election. In reply to S." we never notice the letters in a contempo rary of a correspondent who dates from " Rodney-street." The " Fetch" is transparent. Eibtruanl 'tallbarb. ar LOCAL. NEWS. The High Tides begin this day, at a quarter past eleven, and will afford the inhabitants of the town many lively scenes from the various piers. THE ACADIA.—The Acadia, which sailed from this port on the 3d ult., arrived at Halifax on the 16th, and proceeded on to Boston. MR. C. Mqvnt.—Mr. C. Wlver, one of the co-agents for the management of the British and North American mail steamers, has returned in the Caledonia, from a visit to the United States, on business connected with the line. The attorney-general will conduct the prosecutions on the part of the crown at the special commission in Liverpool. ST. DAVID'S CHURCH.—At a meeting of the trustees of this church, held on Friday, David Evans, Esq., solicitor, was elected a trustee. THE PACKET-SHIP VIRGINIAN.—The packet-ship Vir• ginian, Captain Allen, sailed on Saturday for New York She carried out the following passengers :—Bishop Soule Rev. Mr. Sergeant, Mr. Montague, Mr. Fitzroy, Mr, Spooner, lady, child, and servant, Mr. Danson and lady. ORGAN IN ST. SILAS'S CHUREH.—Two sermons were preached in the church of St. Silas on Sunday lust, one by the Rev. J. Cordeaux, and the other by the Rev. F. Parry, on behalf of the funds for building the new organ. The col lection amounted to £44 4s. Id. THE FIRE IN CROMPTON-STREET.—We recommend the case of John Bushell, advertized in another column, to the sympathy of the public. All his property has been destroyed, to the value of £265, which he has spent forty years in col lecting. We are glad to observe, that the Mayor has headed the subscription list with a liberal sum.—See advt. TOWN-FIALL.—The mayor gave a grand dinner at the Town-hall, on Friday, to about 40 gentlemen. Amongst those present were—the Mayor, Dr. Bickersteth, Dr. Ca son, Mr. S. L. Trotman, Mr. Wm.. Maxwell, . the Rev. Thos. Bibby, Captain Aldridge, of the 60th Rifles, Mr. Thos. Birkett, Mr. Dover, Dr. Dickenson, Mr. Thos. Bean, Mr. Isaac Hutchinson, Dr. Batty, Dr. Vose, &c. &c. The dinner was prepared by Mr. Horne, of the Mersey Hotel. NEW CHURCH AT PORTRUSH.—On Sunday week, a hand some new church was opened for divine service at Portrush, near Londonderry. In the morning a most impressive and appropriate sermon was preached by that exemplary clergy man, the Rev. Andrew Knox, of Birkenhead, near Liver pool, on the text, Ist Chron. xxix. 3—" 1 have set my affec tion to the house of my God." The Rev. Mr. Knox again preached an admirable sermon in the evening to an over flowing audience. WAREHOUSE BUILDING.—EXTRAORDINARY DESPATCH —On the 4th July last, a contract was made by Mr. David Bellhouse, of Manchester, with the Leeds and Manchester Railway Company, to erect a warehouse at Rochdale, (of stone,) 271 feet long, 48 feet wide, and three stories high. On the 24th July every stone now in the building was un quarried ; yet, strange to say, on Thursday last all the prin cipals of the roof were in their places. Perhaps a similar feat is not on record. THE CHARTIST BARNARD NV CARTNEY.—This man, who was some time ago taken into custody for aiding and assist ing in the Chartist movement in August previous to and du ring the riots in the manufacturing districts, but who had been liberated on bail, was on Thursday again apprehended at his domicile in Crosshall-street, in this town, at the in stance of Superintendant Cochrane of the police of Man chester, by whom he was conveyed to that town. We have not learned the new offence with which he is charged, for which he was again placed in custody by warrant. APPREHENSION OF THE REV. J. SCHOLFIELD.—On Fri day, the Rev. Mr. Scholfield, the quondam friend of O'Con nor, the Chartist leader, was apprehended in Manchester, and conveyed to the New Bailey. It is in the chapel yard of this chartist parson that a tablet was erected on the 19th of August last (the anniversary of the Peterloo massacre) to the memory of Hunt. The reverend gentleman was taken into custody for an inflammatory harangue which he deli vered over the body of Lyons, who was killed, it will be re membered, in Manchester during the recent outbreaks, and whose remains were interred in Mr. Scholfielfs burial ground. OPENING OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION FOR STAF FORDSHIRE.--The judges named in the Special Commission for Staffordshire—Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Justice Parke, and Mr. Baron Rolfe—arrived at Stafford at four o'clock on Saturday. The business of the court commenced yesterday (Monday). There are 272 prisoners for trial. An applica tion to allow the Chartist preacher, O'Neil, to bail was re fused, and it is expected he will be tried on Thursday. POCKET-PlCKlNG.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, a man named Terence Ward was brought up on a charge of pocket picking. A gentleman named Joseph M`Kentia said, that on Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, as he was proceed ing along Byrom-street, the prisoner came up to him, seized him, placed his hands over his eyes, and then picked his pocket of a bunch of keys, with which he made off, but was afterwards secured. He was committed to hard labour for fourteen days. THE PRESTON ROBBERY.—At the Union-hall Police- Court, on Saturday, Eliza Bailey, the woman charged with robbing Mr. Marquis, at Preston, of £1,990, and William Lovell, apcused of being an accessory after the fact, were brought up for re-examination. Inspector Haines having stated, in answer to a question from the magistrate, that there was no further evidence against the prisoners, the ma gistrate said that if they were committed for trial on such evidence they would be sure to be acquitted. The prisoners were, therefore, discharged ; but the female was immediately afterwards taken into custody to be taken to Preston, there to be re-examined on the above charge. COMMITMENT.-At the Police-court, yesterday, a young woman named Jane Kennedy was placed at the bar on the following charge :—Mr. Yates, draper, said that the prisoner had been in his service for a short time up to the time of her apprehension. On the previous day he had given her per mission to go out, and then observed a bundle of clothes in the meat-safe of his premises, which, on being opened, he found to contain a quantity of clothing that had belonged to his late wife. He gave notice to a police-officer to watch the prisoner, which he did, and apprehended her with the bundle in question, the articles in which were sworn to. In the prisoner's trunk the police-officer afterwards found two sheets, which were marked as belonging to the Clarendon Hotel, Newington, and were sworn to as the property of Mr. Flaviour, the landlord, in which service the prisoner had been previously to her going to Mr. Yates's. She declined saying any thing in her defence, and was committed for trial at the sessions. Sunday last being the day appointed by the Queen for reading the Thanksgiving Prayer for God's mercies in grant ing us the late abundant harvest, the Rev. Mr. Jones, of St. Andrews, improved the opportunity by preaching an impres sive and eloquent sermon on the occasion, and tested the gratitude of his congregation by an unexpected appeal to them in behalf of the Female Orphan Asylum. We think the result must have been very gratifying to him, as the col lection amounted to £67. We hope such an example will not be without good effect, and we shall be glad to hear of some other pious clergyman making a similar appeal next Sunday for the same good object. We may mention that this valuable and infant institution is gaining ground in Li verpool, and that the trustees are about to erect a building suitable for the purposes of the institution, so that an acces sion to the funds at the present time is very desirable. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. — SaItIrday Evening.—The improvement made yesterday in the funds continued to-day. Consols 92'4 to 3 for money and 03 burers for account. India Stock stationary at 247 to 9. Ex chequer Bills at 21d. per day 495. to 515., those at 21. 48s. to 50s. premium. In Foreign Stocks there was no feature to notice. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents were 51-Z to 4, the Five per Cents 991 to 1000 ex-dividend. Belgian 102 to 3. Spanish Active Fives ex Coupons 15a to the Three per Cents 20-a. to 1. Portuguese Five per Cents 35 to I, the Three per Cents 21 to 1. Brazilian GO to 7. Mexican 32i to 3 ex-dividend. Colombian 201 to 1. The Railway Shares were—London and Birmingham 93 to 5, Greet Western 16 to 171 premium, Birmingham and Gloucester 39 to 41, South-Western 57 to 8, North Midland 56 to 8, South-Eastern 23 to 1, Eastern Counties 81, to -1, Brighton 34-4 to 51, Blackwall 61 to 7 per share. Northern and Eastern 10 to 9 discount. _ _ _ FIRE IN CASTLE-STREET.—Shortly after eleven o'clock on Friday night a fire broke out on the premises occupied by Messrs. Ryder and Flail, bookbinders, Slater's-court, Castle street, immediately behind the shop of Mr. Deane, the druggist. Had it not been for the timely arrival of the engines and a plentiful supply of water, the consequences might have been lamentable, as the court is very confined, without an outlet, and surrounded by much valuable pro perty. The engines got into operation with incredible speed, and commenced playing upon the premises where the fire commenced. The flames had, however, gained such an ascendancy as to destroy the roof of the house where they originated, but were prevented from extending their ravages. The premises destroyed are old, and trifling in value. The flames were first seen by a young man who happened to be passing along the west side of Castle-street. He had his at tention directed to the spot from the lurid glare over Mr. Deane's premises. The fire, as we before stated, was ex tinguished with amazing rapidity. Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt contributed by their restless activity and exertions to to the speedy subdual of the flames. The proximity of the Royal Bank and other valuable property contiguous, renders the happy issue of the fire a source of real gratification. THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS. -- The emigration of the " Mormons, or Latter-day Saints," from this port is daily increasing. Notwithstanding the rascalities of their apostle, Joe Smith, having been so often denounced and exposed, these well-meaning, but deluded, enthusiasts continue to leave their native country by hundreds, in order to swell the number of his dupes on the other side of the Atlantic. The class of persons thus emigrating are, in appearance and worldly circumstances, above the ordinary run of steerage passenger,. The bulk of them are fron, the Midland court ties,—farmers and farmers' servants, with their wives and families. Upwards of 5,000 have already emigrated, and z ,, • equal number will, probably, leave before spring. As 1, better freight is offering, the New Orleans vessels are taking these disciples of the knavish blacksmith at a very low figure. The Sidney, for instance, only received £ll5 for 180 of the Mormons, while the Henry has agreed to carry 140 for £lOO ; little more than fifteen shillings a-head ! All this is clearly indicative of two things : first, the utter stagnation of trade between this port and America at the present moment; and, secondly, the prevalence of superstition and simplicity amongst a class of our countrymen who ought to know better than to leave their homes and kindred, in order to follow the fortunes of one of the most ignorant and impudent quacks of modern days, whose knavery is so transparent as to be seen through by every person of ordinary capacity. MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.—The adjourned fourth quarterly meeting of the Town Council will be held to-morrow, for the despatch of business. In the Finance Committee's proceedings will be read a report on the gaol, which, we apprehend, will make some reference to the late visit of Major Jebb. Besides the proceedings of the ordinary committees, there will be presented the first report of the special committee appointed on the 6th of May last, to in quire into the present duties of the officers and servants of the corporation, with their respective salaries. Two notices of motion relative to the late disastrous fire have been given. One, by Mr. Alderman Turner, is—" To call the attention of the council to the late calamitous fire, and the necessity of constructing, with as little delay as possible, large tanks or reservoirs of water in different parts of the town : also, to have plans of all the mains, with particulars of the various plugs attached thereto, drawn out and deposited at all the police stations ; and where mains are found deficient, par ticularly in the neighbourhood of warehouses, to have new ones laid down (if necessary) at the expense of the corpora. tion : also, to have the exact position of each plug painted in a conspicuous situation at the corner of every street, so that in case of a fire breaking out, there need be rico delay in pro curing an immediate supply of water."—The other is by Mr. Alderman Nicol, and is in the following terms :—" That a committee of seven be appointed to inquire into and to take into consideration, 1, The present state of warehouses in Li verpool ; 2, All practicable improvements in their construc tion, separation, and arrangement, with reference to better protection of life and property from fire; and 3, Any neces sary applications to government and the legislature for the better effecting such improvements; and to report thereon at the next council." CONSTRUCTION OF WAREHOUSES.—The following sug gestions made by Mr. Samuel Holme, at the meeting held on Saturday week, on the subject of insurances, are particu larly valuable : " All streets in which future warehouses are to be erected not to be less than sixteen yards broad: a main to be carried down the middle of every such street, with plugs fifty yards apart, of a proper size to tit the hose of the public fire-engines. " Insurance offices to insist on every warehouse having iron doors and window-shutters. " No future warehouse to be constructed with a party wall, but each building to have separate side walls. " No warehouse to have external walls less than two and a half bricks thick, except the side walls, which may be two bricks thick when the walls are distinct and separate from the walls of an adjoining warehouse. " Parapet walls to be carried up five feet above the side gutters of the roof, which will prevent fire from communi cating to an adjoining roof. " Where possible, elevated tanks or reservoirs of water to form the roof of a fireproof building, in all neighbourhoods where warehouses are numerous, the height not to be less than seventy feet above the foot-walk, those reservoirs hav ing four inch down spouts of iron, with taps or cocks at the bottom, made to fit the hoses of the fire-police ; so that instead of having recourse to muscular power to throw water to the top of a burning warehouse, which frequently cannot be done, the water would naturally rise to the height of the loftiest roof. " All warehouse cat-heads to be of iron. All pent -houses to be made of boiler plate, and to be covered with the same material, or with zinc." ST. DAVID'S CHURCH.—On Friday, a special meeting of the friends and supporters of the Church of St. David in this town, convened by the churchwardens, was held at the Welsh Charity School, Russell-street, for the purpose of affording an opportunity to the Rev. Robert Davies, the minister of that church, to deliver a statement vindicatory of his public conduct, and in refutation of a series of charges' which had, from time to time, been circulated as well in Liverpool as in the principality of Wales, by DI. Hughes, of St. Anne-street, in this town. The meeting was largely and most respectably attended. Among the clergo present we noticed the Rev. Dr. Tattershall, the Rev. Fielding Ould, the Rev. John Cordeaux, the Rev. Frederick Parry, the Rev. Thomas Nolan, the Rev. Henry Jones, (vicar of Northop), the Rev. Henry Carpenter, the Rev. George Stokes, the Rev. Thomas Carter, the Rev. William Hughes, the Rev. Joseph Baylee, the Rev. Frederick Barker, the Rev. Richard Hill, the Rev. Edward Whiteley, &c., &c. ; and among the gentlemen present we noticed J. B. Clough, Jonathan Roose, Cyrus Morral, Robert Wynne, Edward Filcher, John Jones, David Evans, Thomas Roberts, Thos. Rirnmer, Ellis Jones, John Hughes, Henry Jones, William Chambres, Peter Roberts, Robert Prin, Thomas Ralphs, Ambrose Byford. J. Ferguson, George Groom, Edward Webster, Owen Williams, and Thomas Gregson, Esqrs. On the motion of Cyrus Morral, Esq., seconded by Jonathan Roose, Esq., the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, senior rector of Liverpool, took the chair about a quarter niter two o'clock. Mr. Davies then entered into his statement, which was of a most elaborate and satisfactory nature. He was frequently interrupted by the cheering of the audience ; and, at the close, the resolutions, which will be found advertised, were unanimously passed. In acknowledgirr the compliment of a vote of thanks, the Rev. J. Brooks said, in acknowledging the resolution which has just been put, I beg to assure the meeting that I have had very great pleasure and sincere sa tisfaction in hearing the able refutation—the complete refu tation, in my mind,—(cheers)—which has been given by Mr. Davies to the allegations laid against him in the memorial. That memorial was sent to me some time ago by Dr. Hughes, accompanied by a letter. I answered the letter, and was in hopes that the matter might have then ceased. However, I ffnd it has been continued to a greater extent since than be fore. I felt. in two respects, that it had been answered, and never thought it worthy of a second consideration. I have known Mr. Davies since his first coming to Liverpool, and could not possibly believe that the charges were true. I knew, from my own knowledge, that several of them were not true--(hear, hear) ;—and I was quite satisfied, when a memorial of the sort went to the Bishop of Chester, from the knowledge I had of that highly respected man, that he never would have allowed it to pass over, if he conceived there had been any dereliction of duty on the part of any of his clergy. This was quite satisfactory to my mind that there was no truth, generally speaking, in the allegations. I can not say no truth in alt of them, because Mr. Davies allows that in one or two cases there was some truth—for instance, in the Welsh service of the morning. But I confess it seemed to me to be the expectation of Dr. Hughes that we, the clergy, should work like horses. (Hear and laughter.) He seemed to have no compassion for the lungs of those engaged in the important office of conducting the spiritual instruction of the people. He seemed to think that we never could do enough, and that what we received was only a secondary consideration. However, I congratulate Mr. Davies on the result, and trust that in the opinion of every considerate and reflecting peason, not only in Liverpool, but in the Princi pality, where perhaps it is of the most consequence, he will stand acquitted. He left the Principality long since. Here we know him well. There they cannot tell what effect his removal may have effected. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He may have been perfectly pure there, and his removal here may have injured him very much. (Continued laughter.) I trust, therefore, that in Liverpool, as well as in the Princi pality, the public will be satisfied that the charges are ground less, and that whatever steps people may take hereafter, they will be considered of no moment as affecting the character of this gentleman. (Loud cheers.) The meeting separated shortly before four o'clock, most of the clergy and gentlemen present having first shaken Mr. Davies cordially by the hand, and congratulated him upon his triumphant vindication. INQUEST ON HODGSON, TAE FIRE-POLICEMAN.—On Saturday last an inquisition was taken before P. F. Curry, Esq., and a highly respectable jury, to inquire touching the death of Samuel Hodgson, an officer of the Fire-police of this town, who was killed at the late fire. Samuel Tuck, officer in the Fire-police, stated, that the deceased was about 20 or 21 years of age. After detailing minutely the circum stances attending his being called to the fire, Tuck said that the deceased was throwing water from his branch on the first warehouse, near Formby-street, on the north side. He (Tuck) who was employed throwing water on another ware house which was on fire, observed the wall of the building on which Hodgson played hanging over. He went under and looked up, when he saw that the wall had a considerable in clination : he got out of the way as quickly as possible, and called to the deceased that the wall was falling. On turning again, he saw that the deceased was still standing directly under the wall. Immediately after, he saw the top part of the wall fall, and the next instant he missed Hodgson. The bricks were so hot that no assistance could be given to ex tricate him. He had since seen the body in the Dead-house with his legs all smashed.—Joseph Bates, another officer in the Fire-police, gave evidence confirmatory of the above.— Mr. Highton, Governor of the Borough Gaol, stated, that he was standing at the top of Formby-street, about thirty yards from the spot where the accident occurred, when he heard a crash and a confused noise of men calling. Tuck came up the street, and then he heard that the:deceased was under the ruins. He got men to go down with him, and they endeavoured to relieve the unfortunate young man. but so much fire was failing around that their exertions were in effectual. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." Each of the jurors was entitled to the sum of eighteen pence for his attendance. There were fifteen of them present, and they stated, through their foreman, that they wished the coroner to hand the amount, £1 2s. 6d., over to the father of the deceased, who is in very indigent circumstances. The body of Hodgson was interred on Sa turday afternoon, in St. James's Cemetery. The engine from which he was playing when be met his death was his funeral hearse, for on it his coffin, covered with a black pall, was borne to the grave. His family followed in a mourning coach, and behind them the whole of his brother officers of the Fire-police, with a large body of the patrolling police walked in procession, accompanied by Mr. Whitty, the Head Constable; Mr. Hewitt, Superintendent of the Fire-police; Mr. Highton, Governor of the Borough Gaol, and most of he superintendents and inspectors of the force. REVISION OF TilE MUNICIPAL LISTS. The Court for the revision of the list of burgesses for this borough, was opened on Saturday morning, at ten o'clock , at the Sessions-house, Chapel-street, before J. S. Leigh, Esq., the mayor, and Thomas Carson, and John Yat es' jun., Esqrs., assessors. Mr, Wright and Mr. 'Moss ap peared as solicitors for the conservatives; and Mr. Snow ball and Mr. Bury for the radicals. The list was taken in successive wards, as set . forth in the placards previously published. It was agreed in the outset that all persons who had preferred claims, or were objected to, should prove th eir respective occupancies, and the payment of their rates by themselves, or some authorised agent, and that the mere statement by the overseers, taken from their books, that the rates had been paid, should be received only in corroboration of the allegation of the parties to that effect, and should not of itself he deemed sufficient proof. This was, we presume, agreed upon with a view the better to detect cases in which the money had been paid bona fide by the parties themselves- It was proposed by Mr. Snowball, some time afterwards , that this rule should be made public, especially as the names of the parties would only be called twice. This was ob jected to by the Mayor and Mr. Carson, on the ground that it was not the business of the court to publish their deci sions ; but it was remarked the reporters for the press, who were present, would doubtless make it known. The pro ceedings throughout the day were of little or no interest. The claims and objections of wards 1,2, and 3 were gone through with, and the court rose shortly before six o'clock. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, the proceedings were resumed ; commencing with ward No. 4, (St. Paul's,) and next in rotation with the numbers consecutively—nanaely. Exchange-street, Castle-street, St. Peter's, &c. It was stated by placard that the claims would be taken first, and next the objections in each ward, after which the second calling over of the lists for each of them, and that the canal% of each name the second time should be final; so that each should be finished, both as regarded claims and objec tions, before another was proceeded with. Mr. Snowball only appeared for the radicals, and Mr. Moss for the conser vatives. The cases generally througnout the day were not of any peculiar interest. The total number of objections lodged by the conservatives was 1087. and those by the radicals 5E32. On the name of John Glover being called, (of St. Paul Ward,) his wife answered, and said that the last taxes paid were paid by her husband himaelf, to whom she had given the money. She had on several other occasions within the last three years paid the rates herself. An objection was raised on the ground that it might be assumed that the m oney was gOt elsewhere, and not earned by the party, and it ar peared in a precisely similar case, the name of a Snowball been struck off the list on Saturday. Both Mr. and Mr. Moss argued in favour of the rate being allowed, as they considered the presumption was (in the absence of evi dence to the contrary) that the requirements of the law bad been fulfilled. Mr. Yates was of the same opinion, but thought the court, to be consistent, should strike out the name. Finally, however, the court agreed that the case should stand postponed for further consideration. I t afterwards appeared that two similar cases had been before the court on Saturday. Towards the close of the proceedings for the day, a great number of the objections were withdrawn on both sides, eluding nearly all in Exchange Ward but 35, and all in Castle-street Ward. By five o'clock yesterday afternoon , seven wards in all had been disposed of, namely, on Satur day, Everton, Scotland, and Vauxhall Wards ; and yester day, St. Paul's, Exchange, Castle -street, and St. Peter's. Pitt-street was then commenced with. It was then announ ced, that in Abercromby Ward and West Derby all the ob jections were withdrawn, also all in St. Ann's but 20. 13 Toxteth Ward no arrangements were come to, nor were ex pected. These will be taken on Wednesday, at the close. REVISION OF THE LIST FOR THE SOUTHERN DIVISIOS OF THE COUNTY.—The court for the revision of the v oters for the southern division of this couuty commenced yester day, in the Grand Jury Room, in the Sessions-house, before William Gray, Esq., barrister. The proceedings were wholly without interest, and we did not observe a dozen of persons in the court at any time during the day. FINAL EXXMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF DORAN, FOR ARSON. The further examination of witnesses in the case of Doran did not come on until about twenty minutes past four o'clock on Friday last. From one o'clock the court was crowded to excess, by parties evidently most anxious to hear the re maining evidence, and hear the decision of the bench, inas much as the greater part had to remain standing, and many of them most incommodiously and even painfully crushed in the passages and entrances. The bench, both front and back , was almost equally thronged by the elite, including a number of magistrates, councillors, and others. Mr. Dowling, Commissioner of Police, conducted the cal against the prisoner (as on the previous examinations), an d Mr. Snowball (also as before) appeared in his behalf. Mary Beckett, a rather coarse-looking young woman, wa s first called by Mr. Dowling, and being sworn said :—I a servant to Mr. Bushell, who resides next door to the prisoner's house. On Friday, (the day of the fire,) saw some fur' ture removed from the prisoner's house in a float. I had occasion to go to the prisoner's house on Monday. I wen' there twice that day. On the first occasion in the morning. I found nobody in the house, and went away. The second time, in the afternoon, when I went there, on an errand for my mistress, I looked into the house. I saw no furniture in it whatever. The first time I went I was in the two places' the kitchen (as it is called) in which they lived, and the par lour. There was no furniture in either place. The second time I saw Mrs. Doran and a man in the shop. I spoke to her, and asked when she was going to bring her furnitur e back, Mr. Doran replied, but we did not hear the witness. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. James : She said' when I first went there, there was nothing to be seen but the bare walls and the grates. I took notice of the grate in th e i parlour, on the left band side of the door, which opene,, against it. I was surprised that I saw no furniture, an took notice of the grate. When I came out I mentioned it to my mistress. I have been in the room before, once 0 . 1. twice. The parlour and kitchen doors were opposite to eac h other, and both open. I did not go into the room. T he front door was open, and the parlour door too. When saw nobody I cams out. The fireplace in the parlour is in a ' corner on the left, and the door opens against the fireplace. I swear there is a fireplace unless lam very mistaken. firm e puzzled by your questions. I do not swear there is a 1; place in the parlour. I did not go into it. I can n ot sts:7,_: there was nothing behind the door which 1 did not gee. witness was here put down, and Mr. Whitty, head constable, was called, and stated to questions from Mr. Rushton—l was on Monday night last, in the neighbourhood of the first fire. I heard the alarm 01 the second fire, when I was about 50 yards up Neptune , street. To the best of my recollection and belief it was then, about half-past nine, or twenty minutes to ten o'clock, or at least thereabouts. I ran directly to the bottom of Formby' street, to give directions relative to the new fire, and as I V"' there the hose were taken into the cooperage, behind wher e the new fire was. I got No. 8 engine up, and soon afte r directed the men to play. Getting the engine up and t° work did not occupy more than ten minutes. It would hav e been done sooner, but the men had mistaken the distance ; and had not brought enou g h of ho s e. N o . 2 eng ine was g°: up in about two minutes after, from Formby-street, and was also set to work immediately. I found some men knocking down some of the wooden buildings near the fire, but finding one of the engines (No. 8) playing well and effectually o extinguish the flames, I made them desist. I saw Inspect or Bibby at the fire. Mr. Rushton stated that Mr. Whitty had been adl ea merely to corroborate former witnesses as to the precise dine when the fire broke out. Mr. Whitty was cross-examined by Mr. James as to big precise knowledge of the time, but his replies were through' out satisfactory and corroborative. The fire that night was subdued by ten o'clock or ten minutes past, so far as relat e . to the flames, though the embers continued to burn a cone. l :, derable time. Mr. James went into several inquiries as the time required to take the engines to the spot, and get them to work after the alarm was given ; but these Alr• Whitty also answered, giving explanations of the time in removing the engines and hose to the spot, which, though in all only about ten minutes, he felt mortified, at the motuent , was so long. He had also looked at his watch, on which b e could depend. Mr. M'Fadzen, timekeeper of the enginemen, &c., (though not connected with them officially that night,) stated that be was with Mr. Whitty when the alarm reached him, and wa s sent to look for the best site from whi c h th e eng i n es cow' play, while Mr. W. went and brought them up. He cert .( ' borated Mr. Whitty in every respect as related to the One of the alarm, the time occupied in getting the engines t° work, &c. These being all the witnesses whom it was thought nece 6 ; sary to bring up against the prisoner, Mr. Rushton we„ about to make some remarks on the evidence and to delire' his decision on the case, when it was intimated to him, by Mr. James, that he had some witnesses for the defence.'" Mr. Rushton said he was not aware of that circumstanc e ' and would willingly hear them.—Mr. James then called Joseph Murgatroyd.—Witness said he was a tailor, live in Mann -street, Toxteth Park, and was employed as chec'` ‘ i taker at the Amphitheatre. Be had been sent for an examined by Mr. Dowling. Mr. Rushton, stopping the examination for a moment, sa id that Mr. Dowling had seen the witness, who had concurre d in what others had stated, in some respects, with regard t, the prisoner being at the theatre at ten o'clock on Mond% night. He appeared to intimate that further e v idence that point was not necessary. Mr. Dowling said that h e tho ug ht a m i s t a k e ex i s t e d in g r. Rusbton's mind as to what he (Mr. D.) bad stated as to tbl hour named, and Mr. Rushton s t a ted th a t the w itn es s shoal P be heard. Murgatroyd was then further examined.--He said tll l about ten o'clock on Monday night, he beard the watchmen' rattles, giving the alarm of fire. He went to the door, to 85 ' certain where the fire was, and saw three men standing t gether. One of them said that the fire was where the of p fire had taken place, and that Doran, who had a place there , was inside the theatre. and he wouhl call him. Doran ( 11 , 1 , we understood the witness) was c a lled, and came out astt',", another man. Witness said the prisoner was the man wh o came out, but he had not seen him before, nor did he noticehim when he went in. He was the only check-taker th ere . Il e told him, on his asking for a check, th a t lie would know bi" ., again. He said this on account of the fire, as he did not. e O ,; pest him back. If he had co me ou t b e f ore t h at t i me h e w ool" have given him a check. Mr. James said he had other witnesses to call to the sain t effect, but he would not trouble the court by calling them.„ Mr. Rushton th en s t ate d , at great l engt h , the groan''' t ie upon which he f oun d i t hi s d uty to comm i t t h e prisoner entered at great length into a review of the whole of the ey l i deuce, arg u i ng th e matter, on t h e whole, very strongly again.lo the prisone r , f rom hi s own i mpress i ons, an d reproac hi n g 1 d strong terms the conduct of several of the witnesses who be given testi mon y con t ra di c t ory o f t h a t aga i ns t hi m, an d whe n: he considered guilty of the grossest perjury. He, howe e. j after quoting considerable portions of the evidence, appeate, to admit that some doubt hung around the case, from (as Oa understood him) the alibi attempted to be proved ; an leaving the matter to the investigation and decision of a high', tribunal, he concluded by committing the prisoner, for trio.' at the assizes, for wilfully setting fire to his premises, in"; mating that, from the circumstances of the case, the prison% might be admitted to bail, himself in £2OO and three sureti e in £lOO each, with 48 hours' notice of bail. IGNORANCE AND CRIME.—In the course of his address° the members of the Salford Lyceum, the other evening, g r a : Brotherton, M.P., observed that it was an astounding fact; that the cost of prosecutions and the maintenance of fel° in this county, for the last twenty-one years, amounted t, £1,111,462, or £52,926 a year. The cost of pr i soners a t the New Bailey, during the same period, was upwards of .£200, 0 1" The county rate, payable by the township of S a lf or d, in a"i dition to supporting its own police , amounted t o u pwards °f £2,000 a year. These facts showed, that somet hi ng nece ssary i was to be done in the way of mpr , anent. If princ to would not move men, if benevolence din not melt their hearts' a calculation of interest might prababl v induce them to SO their aid to the instruction of the . people.—Manches ter t Guardian.—[Perfectly true , Mr. Joseph Brotherton f theln c d people" must not be of the kin that wlic h"instructionl "liberalism," e rais o m, district has merely secular education been communicate , more freely than in this one question. In none do mechanics institutes, news-rooms, and other similar fountains of cheer knowledge more abound; and here we have the result , crime, and fifty-two thousand per annum squandered in pro; secutions ! 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