The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-20 00:00:00

IGN INTELLIGENCE C , H I N A nth later from China, in the ernment has AlAcAn, APRIL 27. violated the agreement . the renewal of trade With Bri suenrised to find that since the std of tea have found their way out ingiling. We had hopes of doing but' the unexpected vigilance and iandarins and soldiers have disap e present. hop arrived here from the Emperor, lent terms, ordering all authorities, provinces of Canton, to destroy all !r articles necessary for the English is rigidly obeyed, and probably one .is already destroyed, and the work is dby the same chop to those whose d rewards for those who discover he same chop political intercourse erdicted, and the lately-appointed ) retire. ssels and rafts had been sent down the ;n shipping, by which several vessels injured, but no total loss. deliberating on the propriety of mov fie second bar into a wider part of the it to which no credit is attached, s were kidnapped by the Chinese on )g south of Formosa in opium." created considerable excitement in the in the tea-market among the dealers. pnmodity advanced upon the strength of ET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE London, Wednesday Evening. ess in the funds has been but limited, ally recovered from the decline which Consols for money left off at 89-a to (nut 89R. Bank Stock 168 to 169. Exchequer Bills 13s. to 15s. pre- done in Foreign Stocks. Dutch Two 51i to 52, the Five per Cents. 101-a to ) Spanish Active with the May ive per Cents. 291 to 304-, Brazilian GQ, to 67-,1. ?,: Great Shares 70 to the Half Shares 6 to 61 premium ; Bir- :er 41 to 39 ; North Midland 37 to 35 8 ; South Eastern and Dover 211 to 1G to 15 l • Brighton 6 to 61i Black nt ; South Western 511 to 521 per AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY alf-yearly meeting of the shareholders in .rmingliam Railway Company was held at m Friday ; G. C. Glyn, Esq. in the chair, !:sq. read the report, from which it ap eipts for the present half year ending June £382;462, or £39,528 more than the cor ar for 1840 ; that the cost of maintaining ing stock in an efficient state was £112,936, in the corresponding half year; and con iilst there was an increase equal to it. on the receipts, there was a decrease on . to 18s. Gd. per cent. That the net mue for the two last half years (deducting red at the general meeting on the 12th of A.:192,148 Is. being the sum applicable to declared in the following proportions on n shares, namely,— on a capital of .... tits, subject to a deduction of per cent. per annum, on the of the new £32 shares £5,500,000 momend that a dividend be declared at the £lOO of the Z 1,125,000 capital stock, and he £1,375,000, leaving £4,116 to be carried he next account. The report also stated had been made between, the London and the Birmingham and Gloucester Compa expected would give additional facilities to 'espective lines, when the Gloucester Rail ened throughout to the London and Bir which would be on the 17th instant ; that roceedings of the Harrow inquest in No ,uch of the verdict as awarded a deodand ; and that Edmond Calvert, Esq. had re the direction of the company since the last -After the report had been read, an amend )v Mr. L. Heyworth, that the dividend be cent., which lead to a long discussion, in on, Mr. Rathbone, and other proprietors was eventually withdrawn by Mr. Hey eport was adopted, It appeared from a .;aptain Porter, R.N., that a free school 100 boys and 100 girls was established f the directors for the children of the ipany, and that 7,5 boys are now in the penetit society, out of which 420 persons id upwards of 1.:700 distributed.—A vote d to the chairman and other directors. acknowledged the compliment, and the ssolved. The dividend will be available SE x.—Wednesday morning the under received intelligence from their agents at __other dreadful collision in the Channel, unattended with loss of life, between two non, Captain Grimlet, bound for the East Norway bark Olsen, Captain Mattie ansand to Nantes, and the sfnking of the 'ortunare accident took place between nine In Sunday night last, and from the accounts he crews of both vessels, it appears to have •ely from want of foresight, and not steering :ly defined in the nsvigation rules laid down of the Trinity-house. The Vernon, which class ships, left the river Thames in the week, having a valuable cargo on board, as assengers. The Olsen was a large three ving, no cargo, with a crew of 1-1 individu master, Captain Mettieson. At the time 1 both vessels were nearing the South Fore ; of sail, with a strong breeke from W.S.W, ing her course down the Channel, and the asite direction. Whether there was a proper on board of the vessels, is not yet correctly .t it is asserted by the crew of the Vernon NIB not observed until she was within half a ngth. They instantly attempted to put the bailed the Olsen for the crew to alter her ing foreigners they could not understand ; nerceiving danger, used every effort on their ning in collision, but without effect. The .mendous. The Olsen being the higher the most injury, the Vernon runniag com bows down to the water's edge, carrying cutwater, besides causing other extensive e vessels being disengaged from each other, d that the Olsen was sinking, when a scene ainful description took place. Fortunately son and his crew got on board of the Vernon id in a few minutes afterwards the Olsen foremost in deep water. The Vernon being state, the master, Captain Grimlet, lost for Portsmouth, which he reached early on and landed the crew of the Olsen, In the course of Monday several South Foreland for the purpose of whether there was any chance of raising the ; feared to be totally improcticable, in couse f her lying on her beam ends, and in very deep The vessel is stated to be insured, and the loss is to be at least £2,ooo.—Times. A:. new carbine of the greatest possible effectiveness has t been introduced among the sappers and miners, and it robably also be introclixed into the artillery service. It weighs nine pounds three ounces, and the barrel measures two feet six inches in length, having a bore equal to the pre sent infantry musket, but with less windage, the balls having to be driven home in the same manner as in rifles. The cords to be fixed on them instead of bayonets are formed of cellent material, two feet in the length of the blade, having harp cutting edge and a sharp point for defending the from the attacks of cavalry, and when attached to the c exactly equal in length with the musket and bay le soldiers. The lock of the carbine is constructed ost approved percussion principle, and the caps Vandyke cuttings round the edges, which is a great n securing a firm hold of them in cold weather, cap splits instead of bursting in the action of is rendered peculiarly safe and not liable to dis rtle the eve at the time of taking aim. s.—This new-fangled swindle will, we hope, death-blow in this neighbourhood. We have fe of a small farmer, who sailed with her hus en last February from Liverpool. They, rs, landed at New Orleans, went several country, past St. Louis, and arrived I land," the New Jerusalem, on the Ist weeks' sojourn was sufficient to let them iey arrived safe back in the old country They _had frequent communications Tanks of the Mississippi with the renowned Smith, and his brother impostors, who took is in their power to get hold of our informants' offering to sell them large plots of land, taking partnership. &c. • but the Gloucestershire yeoman against their wiles, and used his little capital in is family back again. What most staggered the party was, that this great prophet, Mr. Joseph Id not chew them the " plates of gold," on which tended the " Book of Mormon" was written ; -yaded the question by saying the angel merely showed chew to him, and, after he had taken a fair copy, took them back again ! —Cheltenham Journal. NELSON'S SHIP.—We were to go first to the Victory, 'hich is now kept here, " a kind of toy," as one of our sea \en of the St. James said, but which, in fact, is something ore than that—a receiving and drilling shop. We found a it awaiting us, put (of course by Captain Hall's interven ,) at our disposal by the commander of the Victory. It manned with a dozen youngsters in the Victory's uni -a white knit woollen blouse with the word Victory in i-Louise blue on the breast. They were stout ruddy The Victory, you know, is the ship in which Nelson e battle of Trafalgar, and died in winning it. Captain us to the quarter deck, and shewed us a brass plate in the floor inscribed with these words, " Here Nel " This was a thrilling sight to those of us who re- ' ` when Nelson was held as the type of all gallantry ; r liberty against the world. R. was obliged to `ll he could command his emotions, and I thought when we were all children at home, and I saw up the lane, tossing his hat into the air and , ti ! Victory 1" Truly " the child is father !re received very courteously by the cons- ' who invited us into an apartment which, ,as a little lower, had the aspect of as . hor ,here were sofas, s'howbooks, flo wers lighliissh;laughter. We ,:rniture than these—a young bride, rem' ria l a d l in o ' .le, delicate face, and French milliTuhereyvoiccoourgyr ,tntr v women—quite nu ; Y to the dark 's home, and the lady ato the cock-pit, and.gropwed he o r uerNw a lson was car te-room a s p ) tain H. pointed to (a midshipman the he was shot down. e h s i ss important dark, d i sm t a o l Place and circumstance than when he is dying, an J ere his head lay wh en he died. There a h eroic ad passed away, and le s ft and a a r e hai n never e inr lt yet it was a striking con (and the world is full of such,) the _ .snamme was resounding .nigh dying in this shed, dark, stifling hole, when his wh- Aigh all the palaces of Europe, and making o ou ur you at re ng arts leap fn the New World. Shall I tell y ,embrance touched me most as I stood there —not his gal- Int deeds, for they are written in blood, and manya vulgar,a_. • 't has achieved such ; but the exquisite tenderness gleam ing ,pin ing forth in his last words, " Kiss me, Hardy ! These ..,,, touched the chord of univeral humanity.—Miss Sedgwtek (the American authoress) Letters on England. GRAND FASHIONABLE ASSIZE GALA UNDER THE IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE OF SIR'THOMAS BIRCH, BART., High Sheriff of the County, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS DAY, (FRIDAY,) the 20th instant, th• Pro fessor will Exhibit the Extraordinary DISSOLVING BISCENASCOPE, or DIORAMA of SHADOWS, Illumi nated by the KONEOPHASTIC LIGHT, to be followed by the STORMING of St. JEAN D'AC RE, finishing with the Terrific Explosion of the POWDER MAGAZINE and GRAND ALLEGORICAL TABLEAU of VICTORY. The Dissolving Biscenascope to commence at Seven o'clock, and the Siege at a quarter-past Eight. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. And on MONDAY next, August 23, _ --..—.. , . The celebrated Pyrotechnist, whose brilliant display on Monday last was witnessed with such generaplelight, will again present himself to the public, introducing on this occa sion the most novel and varied disply orFIRENVORKS, exhibiting the CHEF D'cEUVRE of the Grand Pieces Fired by him on the Continent. The' Gardens, which con tain so many natural advantages for display, will be BRIL LIANTLY ILLUMINATED, surpassing in arrangement all other attempts at gorgeous splendour. During the evening, commencing at four o'clock, the talented Professor will exhibit the DISSOLVING BISCENAS COPE, Illuminated by the Koneophastic Light, introducing at each Exhibition an entire change of beautiful subjects. To conclude with the SIEGE OF ST. JEAN D'ACRE, Terrific Springing of the Magazine, and brilliant Shower of Coloured Fires. The famous Brass Band will, during the evening, perform several select Pieces. Admittance, 2s.—Children, ls. Firing to commence at a quarter-past Eight o'clock. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Under the Management of Mr. CLARKE, Sole Lessee THE PERFORMANCES DURING THE SUMMER SEASON WILL COMMENCE AT HALF-PAST SEVEN.-DOORS TO PE OPENED AT SEVEN. The Public is respectfully informed that arrangements have been made with the following Eminent Performers : MADAME GRIS4' • SIGNORA ERNESTA,GRISI, SIGNOR LABLACHE, SIGNOR MARIO, AND SIGNOR F. LABLACHE, For Four Representations of ITALIAN OPERAS, the first of which will take place This Evening, Friday, Aug. 20. CORNO PRIMO, SIGNOR PUZZI. CONDUCTOR, the Celebrated Pianist, M. BENEDICT. Mr. HARLEY, of the Theatre-Royal, Covent.:Garden, in his favourite character of Benjamin Bowbell. THIS present FRIDAY, August 20, the Entertainments will commence with the favourite Drama of THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Benjamin 'Bowbell After which, Bellini's Grand Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Amina Madame Grisi. Liza Elvino Il Conte Rodolfo Teresa Alessi() Mr. G. Horncastle. Notary' Villagers, &c., &c., assisted by a Full Chorus. Monsieur BENEDICT will preside at the Piano-Forte. — Leader of the Orchestra, Mr. ALDRIDGE.—The Band, on this occasion, will be considerably augmented. In consequence of the great expense attending the En gagement, the prices of admission will be the same as on a similar occasion last season :—Lower Boxes, 6s. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, ls. 6d.—The Box-office, for these nights, will be open daily, from Ten until Four o'clock. The Performance of each Evening will commence with a favourite English Drama. On TUESDAY next, the Opera I PURITAN!, the principal characters in which will be sustained by Madaim Grisi, Signora E. Grisi, Signor Lablache (his first appear• ance in the Drama at Liverpool), Signor Mario, and Signoi F. Lablache. The other Nights of the Italian Opera will be THURSDAY Aug. 26, and FRIDAY, Aug. 27. Copyist and Prompter of the Italian Opera, Mr. Gxo VANNI WALKER. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Under the Management of Mr. CLARKE, Sole Lessee. THE Public is respectfully informed that, in consequence of the rapturous applause with which Mademoiselle CERRITO, of Her Majesty's Theatre, London, has been received on each Evening, an arrangement has been made for FOUR NIGHTS MORE with that celebrated Danger; the first of which will take place on MONDAY next, August 23, and the second on WEDNESDAY, the 25th, being the only Two Nights she can appear next week in Liverpool, as she is Engaged to perform on other Nights at the Theatre-Royal, Manchester. To give every effect to the Dances, Mons. GUERRA, Ballet Master and Principal Dancer of her Majesty's Theatre is also Re-engaged, and will appear with Mademoiselle CERRITO. _ _ _ _ Miss O'BRYAN, one of the principal Dancers of her Ma• jesty's Theatre, is also Re-engaged for Four Nights more. To give variety to the Entertainments of the week, Mr, HARLEY, of the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, is Re engaged, and will appear on MONDAY, TUESD4Y, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY next, in favourite Dramas. Mademoiselle CERRITO'S BENEFIT will take place o MONDAY, August 30th. Prices of Admission—Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. Pit, 2s. Gd. ; Gallery, ls The Box-office will be open daily, when Tickets may be had, and places in the Boxes taken, of Mr.l Minster, from Ten until Four. No places can be secured unless tickets are taken. Doors to be opened at Seven, and the Performance to commence at Half-past Seven. Places for Mademoiselle Cerrito's Nights may be taken daily from Tent until Four. TO CORRESPONDENTS The Dumfries Courier of the lfith instant, quotes an article, headed " When will trade improve", as from the LIVER POOL STANDARD. We assure our Scotch readers that we have never held (except in abhorrence) the sentiments that our cannie contemporary has attributed to us. Sufficient has already been said on the subject noticed by "J P." If " R H C" will in confidence furnish us with his name, we shall have something to say to the lecturer whose ob servations have caused his animadversions. Ebt EtbrEpoot &tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1841 We inserted in our last the Mercury's gross calumny upon this great commercial town so emphatically put forth in these words—viz., "that in this our native " town, intolerance and the absence of true Christian "feeling are more disgustingly prominent than in any " other town in the kingdom, or any part of the world " with the history of which we are at all acquainted." That this most foul and calumnious charge is altoge ther false and unfounded, anybody who knows any thing of the numerous, respectable, and enlightened inhabitants of Liverpool will most readily admit; and, for its own sake, we do not attempt the refutation : it will be sufficient to say a few words touching the source from which it springs. And, in the first place, it is the railing of a grievously chagrined, aged, and disap pointed Cynic, who, supposing that lie had founded a sect sour and cynical as himself, is sorely amazed to find that in the hour of need the themes fly from him; the pupils whom he had been so long drilling and on whom he thought he could rely, scatter ; and himself left alone to roll his tub, or vent his rage like another Timon " Let me look back upon thee, 0 thou wall, That girdlest in those wolves! Dive in the earth, And fence not Athens ! Matrons, turn incontinent ! Obedience fail in children ! * * * * * * Plagues incident to men, Your potent and infectious fevers heap On Athens, ripe for stroke! Thou cold sciatica, Cripple our councillors, that their limbs may halt As lamely as their „manners !" With the defeat of Sir Joshua Walinsley and the Foreign Secretary Whiggery died a natural death in Liverpool, and Liberalism is now a worn out, decayed, and exploded fallacy. Can we be surprised then at the crackbrain raving of a veteran who piqued himself on being an adept in the art, and hugged himself in the imagination that he had thoroughly befooled the world with its mysteries ? We hear his shrill pipe whistling in the wind, and we gather up the Sybil leaves that he scatters about ; but we catch the echo of the one and preserve the fragments of the other only as memorials of impotent rage and detected folly. He fumes and sputters about "intolerance," as if he himself did not stand forth a living disproof of the ac cusation. IN"o placid horsepond has been disturbed by the sousing of his person ; no friendly pump has been wedded to his ears since this saucy impertinence was uttered ; nay, the niaiseries, lying, anal stupidity of his porteleuille are endured; and yet it is of a town and people who tolerate so much that this, brazen calumni ator says, they are " intolerant arid unchristian !" Why patient and christian endurance: so extraordinary is worthy of being inscribed upon our crest, and will pass into a proverb. But we promised to advert to some other portions of his tirade. And first, he attributes the reverse of for tune which his party have sustained in Liverpool, not to the loathing and disgust which people everywhere begin to feel to the false %caching and delusions of Whiggery, but to the influence of the clergy. " Li verpool," says the anile railer, " is cursed with the presence of meddling Irish Orange parsons, who pro stitute the pulpit to factious. party purposes, and evince their piety by inciting one, portion of the Christian community to hate and re vile the other." Prodigious preachers and most comir landing revolutionisers these Inch Orange Parsons," who could give the Mercury such l ong odds, and beat. iirn soundly at his own game in so short a time ! How little stamina must there have be en i n Liberalism -to give way so rapidly, and sink at on ce b efore the M va sion of two or three simple, unattended parson s thing, we ask, mu st t h e reli from reland ! What sort of base igion or the policy of Libe ralism be, that should ftee like a coward, or die aipon lc instant from such 4 feeble attack as this ? We Liall merely add, that if the Mercury's statement be (lowed as the true cause of that glorious change which as taken place in the political sentiments of Liverpool, is the strongest condemnation that could possibly be Itered against the sophistical and miserable inanities Pi* the mock philosophy, or, rather, mesmeric humbug .nd nonsense of which the Mercury himself is so emi- ent a teacher " Nearly one-third of the population of Liverpool," says this veracious ranter, " profess the Roman Catholic creed, which for centuries was the creed of their and our forefathers ; and for a conscientious adherence to the religion in which they have been born and educated they have been publicly stigmatized, as men regardless of the sanctity of au oath, and, of course, as men in whom it would not be safe to re pose any confidence." None but a bad cause requires the support of false lood. It is not true that the Roman Catholics have been stigmatised for," a conscientious adherence to the religion in which they have been born;" but such of them as have shown themselves " regardless of the sanctity of an oath" have been stigmatised, and justly stigmatised for such scandalous breach of faith. The portals of the constitution were thrown widely open to them upon the solemn pledge and assurance that they would use no privilege which they should attain, to do any injury to the Established Church; and yet on how many occasions have Roman Catholics used their privi leges directly in the teeth of this pledge, and sought to deprive the Church either of property or influence by availing themselves of the position at which they arrived by means of these now violated oaths and pledges ? The men who have acted thus have been their own stigmatisers, and have proclaimed themselves much more than their bitterest foes, " as men in whom it would not be safe to repose any confidence." With regard to their creed, it has been distinctly proved that the perjury complained of has arisen from the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church respect ing oaths—oaths especially made with those whom she charitably calls heretics, and oaths made against her interests; and, as a fomenter and fosterer of perjury, she also stigmatises herseff, and is most justly echoed in the charge by others. But, says the Mercury, Popery was "the religion of our forefathers ;" true, and our forefathers did not leave it, it is to be hoped, for nothing. They left it then, we beg to remind him, for this very reason amongst others, that it encouraged perjury, and be cause it so overlaid truth with falsehood that they had no choice but to come out of it altogether, that they might not be " partakers of her sins and receivers of her plagues." If others abide in it, they must take the consequences—consequences which neither we nor others who may, agree in our opinions seek to aggra vate, but which - we would earnestly caution them against, as well for their own sakes as for that of others " Our ancient" next talks of the " hell upon earth" we should have "if the Catholic priesthood in this town, in retaliation for the incessant insults heaped on their creed by the bigots whose words we have just quoted, should, in their turn, revile and ridicule the creed of their calumniators; should they from the pulpit denounce Protestants as men utterly regardless of the sanctity of an oath," &c. And is our ancient such a simpleton as to imagine that the Popish priest- hood in this town do not retaliate in the way he refers to ? But the difference in the case is this, that the Protestant creed defies them, and only laughs at all their denunciations. Fair and open contoversy indeed the Popish priesthood are rather shy of; but as to denouncing all other creeds, it is of the very essence of their system, and they never omit the practice. But we must hasten to a conclusion, and this we shall do by quoting one more passage from the article before us—a passage in which the learned Editor shews himself worthy of the chair of liberalism, and one who by the peculiar care he takes to arrive at truth himself, must be admirably well qualified to communicate it to others. He says " The writer of this article has not visited a Catholic place of worship half a score of times in his life, but he is on habits of intimacy with some good practical Christians who profess the Roman Catholic creed, and who regularly attend the chapels, men whose bare word carries more weight with him than would the oath of some of their clerical calumniators, and on the authority of these worthy persons we venture to assert that the Catholic priests never indulge in denuncia tion of tlee creeds of the Protestants, or others who differ from them, so that in this respect the orthodox Orange poli tical parsons are left alone in their glory.' " Here is a remarkably fine specimen of that humbug thing which men call Liberalism. The writer is certainly an admirer of holy water and the sacrifice of the mass; although he seldom goes to take the benefit of either, and evidently thinks that they do by some mysterious means produce "good practical Christians" —and " men whose bare word carries more weight with him than the oath of some Clergymen." He ought then to read his recantation and go to mass ; we cannot conceive what hinders him. But this is only a preparatory flourish which is to usher in the important fact that he the learned friend afore mentioned does not believe that " the Catholic priests ever indulge in denunciations of the creed of the Protestants !" He would not believe it, not he; it would be quite illiberal to do so ; but by the by there is a case in point for him on this subject. There was an Irish fellow caught once stealing a sheep—taken as they say, "in the manour ;" half-a-dozen witnesses swore point blank against him, and he was asked what he had to say in his defence. Oh, a great deal, said he ; these paltry half-dozen fellows say they saw me doing it, but what signifies that ? I can get twenty that will swear they never saw me. Just so it is with the Mercury and his " good practical Christian" witnesses. We would recommend him to make a tour in Ireland; perhaps that might have some effect upon his credulity, or in credulity rather; but liberalism is with him become so inveterate that we would not undertake peremptorily for his cure e*en by such means ; if we can prevent others from being infected, it is as much as we may hope for. Whilst the Whigs have been making all neces& preparations for their own departure, we are deligh to say, that the weather has, within the last few da given the most unequivocal token of approbation such a proceeding on their part. The Whigs go 01 _ _ and the Whig weather we have so long had goes out along with them ; this is a most happy circumstance, well worthy of national commemoration. Is it not curious to remark, that the barometer of the free traders should rise with the prospect of national calamity, and that they have been exuberant inspirits whilst serious uneasiness was felt by all reflecting and impartial men concerning the failure reasonably to be apprehended but a short time since in the instant har vest. It is a striking proof how much Libelism prefers its petty political, or economical principle to the primary wants and most indispensable necessities of the people. They were joyous in the supposition that the " elements fought against Sir Robert Peel ;" but their hilarity has, we trust, been premature ; in deed, we consider that it would have been so in any case, inasmuch.as the " sliding scale," which accom modates itself to the circumstances of the country, affords a palpableadvantage over an Bs. fixed duty, which must either be abandoned altogether, or sus tained as a very grievous imposition, in the event of such a misfortune as our most patriotic free traders have been looking for. As to that " regular trade" which they anticipate as the result of a fixed duty, it is almost superfluous to repeat, that such a trade can never be established without an equally regular loss to the British agriculturist. Amongst the Ministerial preparatives for exit, our readers have, of course, noticed the promotions to and in the peerage, announced in last Friday's Gazette. Three of the new creations are those of " rejected candidates" —Sir Henry Parnell, now Baron Congleton n Husseyol, v B V a i r v o i ann, now Baron Vivian have b een Ennisho rv en and Car ra—incdSk ifLrerogßrtdiisc.lßl theseaerlAdfalslt, lately rejected by the electors whose suffrages they claimed. Of the other promotions we have only to say, that they have been bestowed, almost without an exception, not as rewards for distinguished services in the field or i n t h e senate, but openly and undisguisedly as the recompense of electioneering success, or of sacrifices incurred in the fruitless contests against Conservative opponents. Cer tainly, no men have ever been more liberal in the use, or rather abuse, of the royal prerogative than the democratic Whigs, during their day of p ower; b ut it is a satisfaction to know , that with all their whOlesale creations and pitchforking, they have not be en a bl e to bear down the Conservative majority in the House of Lords. We shall hear no snore of " collision" -between Le two houses, both being now, in spite of Whiggery, 'tee more happily of one mind as to all leading prin. pies. The recent untoward news from China and the nerican States may be looked upon as undesigned paratives,—but in the light of preparatives they may, nevertheless, be regarded. In this point of view, 1 the Whigs maybe considered as having been preparing . to go from the first moment they made their way to power; certainly, no men could work better for their own downfaß than they have done. If the last news from Macao may be relied upon, the horrific destruc tion of tea and tea-chests therein set forth ought to sit heavily on the souls of the Whigs, and blast their reputation for ever in the opinion not merely of tee totallers, but of all tea-drinking men, women, and children throughout the realm. The emperor's "chops" must absolutely command tie total annihilation of all teas by his dutiful , subjec ; also of rhubarb, and other articles necessary f " English barbarians." Would that his " choAe uld reach beyond his own dominions ; we should V . - .. ve no objection, for our part, to his" chinlillr off the heads of blundering l,lockheads who presuine to undertake the management of affairs for which neither art nor nature had given them any competency. ‘. . • The Conservative Parliament convened by an anti- Conservative administratiOn, assembled .yesterday for the first time. The swearing in of the new members would occupy the remainder of the week, and the opening of the session by a royal address is not to take place till Ttiesday next. Her Majesty, it is stated, will not attend in person to deliver the speech of her ministers—very much to their disappointment. Their organ, the Globe, indeed assigns as the reason for this, the interesting situation in which the Queen is at present understood to be. • We are happy to be lieve, however, that her Majesty enjoys most excellent health, and that it is quite possible some other cause, not quite so agreeable to the Whigs, may have in fluenced her determination. The Liberals have never failed to boast that that tower of strength which con sists in: having not only the Queen's name, but the sovereign personally and entirely on their side, be longed to them, and exulted in the thought, that even in their most pitiably degraded state, her Majesty would continue to shed the lustre of her smiles upon their adversity. However disagreeable it would neces sarily be to her feelings to deliver a speech from the throne, containing recommendations—for such we are given to understand the forthcoming speech will con tain—entirely distasteful to the majority of her hearers —and a speech to which she must be aware that a dis approving answer would unavoidably be given—her ministers, nevertheless, presumed to flatter themselves that she would go through this painful duty, and do even more to show her attachment to liberal opinions. The case, in point of fact, is likely to be otherwise ; her Majesty, it is now confessed, will not speak the speech, and consigns the task to the ordinary com missioners; whether fer the cause assigned by the ministerial organ —or, the much more feasible one, of dislike to so unenviable a duty under existing political circumstances, we leave it to our readers to conjecture. The royal speech, as we have observed, will recom mend to the adoption of parliament the debated mea sures of sugar, timber, and corn, and, of necessity, must elicit an amended address—and that amended address will inevitably be carried. The predicament is an unpleasant one; but as it is one wantonly and in decently brought about by ministers, on their heads be the consequences visited. It is a circumstance of alleviation, however, that, as we have said, her Majesty will not herself be the deliverer of the obnoxious speech—and that being delivered by commissioners, there will be the less difficulty in treating it as in every respect the manifesto, and that only, of a beaten and retiring cabinet. The "all denominations" opened their council at Manchester on Tuesday, and made a most miserable show of it. They came flocking to the metropolis Of factory labour, it is said, to the number of GOO, and upwards ; but, somehow, on arriving there, they ap peared to ..shy the senate house, and not more than a fourth or fifth part .attended bodily. The first day's proCeedings were quite characteristic of the assembly,' and " dissent" among the " Dissenters" was very near bringing them,, to a sudden and lamentable finale. The first point 'on which they debated was, how they should begin. Some were for opening the business with prayer, and others were against it. " Can two walk together except they be agreed ?" This was a difficult point to determine ; but a burly Popish priest from Ireland whacked the table, stamped the floor, and with many furious gestures and a voice of thunder, entered such a protest against saying " prayers," that the poor Independents, Quakers, Shakers, Seekers, and other " denominations" took flight, and surrender ed at discretion to the reverend but irate representative of the scarlet lady. So prayers were voted out, and the godly men gave their attention to the order of the day. The. Rev. Pye Smith then read a written, dis course on free trade, which brought down the meeting to near one o'clock—a serious hour in Manchester — that hour, above all others, most devoutly observed therein in the all-important business of renewing and refreshing the inner man. It was then announced that the assembly must adjourn for the purpose of feeding on something more substantial than the pie they had just had, and sififer elsewhere for their coun try, by reason of Tory oppression and monopoly, on English roast beef and home-grown and made plum pudding; after enduring this hardship, at the expense chiefly of the millocrats, they were to resume their arduous labours again at four o'clock. And again, accordingly, they did meet at the hour appointed ; but by this time they began to take a more solid view of things, and finding, by experience, that talking on a subject which people know nothing about, is not so easy a task, they wisely brought Mr. Alder man Richard Cobden, M.P., and a Lord Ducie along with them to insense them a little upon the mysteries of political economy and free trade in grain. So ended the first day's " conference," which certainly gives great promise of what is to follow. The idea of men proposing to enlighten parliament and the country on a topic concerning which they are obliged to avow themselves, at the first blush, totally ignorant, and to crave some little instruction from a professed corn-law doctor, is really so exceedingly preposterous and ridi culous, that we shall not be at all surprised to find the whole affair terminate, shortly and suddenly, in broad farce. It would be already ludicrous, if it were not in some degree pitiable and distressing. THE LUCKY CORN SPECULATORS organs We rather imagine that, when profit and loss accounts are summed up and balanced, the recent anti-corn-law agitation will be found, by some gentlemen we could point out, to have been the most profitable agitation hitherto discovered. Pity it is that Daniel O'Connell should have been a cousellor instead of a corn dealer ; that Lord Palmerston should not have handled samples of grain instead of " touching the Spanish ;" that William Rathbone's Yankee beef was not flour, or that Joseph Hume should have omitted, in the course of his travels, to exchange his " Greek" for a few cargoes of Odessa wheat ! All men, however, are not born to be fortunate. All men hove not " greatness thrust upon them," as have not a few of our speculators, in this year of whig anti-corn-law agitation- We remember a time—not very long past—when corn speculators found it somewhat difficult to raise markets to when it was somewhat difficult to the precise pitch required ; convince the public, except upon very strong grounds, of the fact of a deficient harvest; and still more difficult to induce it cheerfully to pay the advanced prices demanded for bread and flour. This year, however--thanks to the exertions of the whig press, local and metropolitan—the only difficulty has been in raising prices feat enough to meet the craving desire of whig consumers for a dear loaf. From all parts of the country, disastrous accounts of mildew, blight, rain, flood, and every description of calamity which corn "is heir to," have poured in upon the lucky speculator in this popu lar commodity ; and the " bad weather" prophets, who are usually to be met with about this season of the year upon all our corn exchanges, have had nothing to do but cull, out of the abundant materials at their disposal, the most spicy paragraphs for their circulars. As the rain came down, corn and the whig ministry were to go up ; and when so laudable a consummation was to be effected, it need scarcely be told how lovingly the speculator and the politician have worked together, inspired by the chorus sung by a hundred whig journalists—" The rain it raineth every day !" The result we need not dilate upon. Some hundred thou sand pounds, in good bard gold, will find their way into the pockets of the gentlemen of Mark-lane, and some hundred thousand quarters of foreign wheat, at a nominal duty, into the granaries of England, to be paid for in English gold. What the English farmer has been doing to permit this juggle, so prejudicial to his own and the country's interests we know not ; but we shrewdly suspect, that he has been listening more to the representations of those "exclusive _ " which the Agricultural Association have provided him with than to the teaching of his own good sense and observation. Bye and bye we may have a few words on the subject of these said " organs," which, perhaps, on exami nation, may turn out to tie quite as much the organs of the corn speculafor as of the farmer. THE " MANCHESTER GUARDIAN" AND OURSELVES We are compelled to defer replying to some remarks of the Manchester Guardian of Saturday last, which, indeed, we should have noticed on Tuesday, had they not at that time escaped our observation. Our contemporary writes, as is not unusual with him, in somewhat of a vain• glorious spirit ; and is afraid that the statement of ours upon which he comments, " appearing as it does in a Liverpool paper, where parties connected with the public press ought to know something about cotton, will very likely be copied and commented upon as being unques tionably true, and will be accepted as fact by that large class of persons who do not give themselves the trouble of investi gating statements of the kind." The public, we doubt not, will fully appreciate the Guardian's anxiety in behalf of the class of persons in question, and we dare say are not disposed to deny that, as in duty bound, he himself ought to be tolera bly informed upon any subject of which " cotton" is a com ponent part; but we are inclined ourselves to suspect, that at the very moment whilst so coolly setting us down as ignorant, and so flippantly—and somewhat impertinently—impugning, as mere " assertion," the statement of Lord Sandon which we commented upon, our contemporary was well aware that, in fact, the statement of the noble lord and our remarks upon it were strictly correct. 'We will, however, leave our read ers to judge of this ; and for the present only request of our contemporary to moderate his contempt of us, until he is certain of our inability to resist so doubty an assailant. LOCAL NEWS, BOOKKEEPING AND WRITING. —These two invaluable accomplishments are taught with great perfection by Mr. Thompson, and wean renew our recommendation of him to the notice of our readers. WORKS ON CONSUMPTION.—Mr. Cronin, we perceive, is about to publish another medical work. The subject is a highly interesting one, namely, consumption. • SCHOOL Booxs.—We beg leave to draw the attention of the principals of schools to the advertisements of Messrs. Cradock and Co.. relating to works of education. These excellent books are all highly necessary to the instruction of youth. Before the Wesleyan Conference broke up, the thanks of ;he Conference were presented to George Heald, Esq., for laving presented to the Connexion, free of debt, a chapel, war Liverpool, on which he has expended about £2OOO. PAINTER'S PARLIAMENTARY GUIDE FOR 1841.—Mr. Painter has just published a very-tiseful and handy little book under this title—the cost is only Gd. It contains every pos sible information upon matters relative to the constitution of this country in lords and commons, and about the throne. The list of members is made up to the latest return. It con tains also the addresses of the peers and members of the MRS. WARE'S NEW WORK.—ID • the colums of the Standard have occasionally appeared several very elegant poems from the pen of Mrs. Katherine A. Ware, an Ameri can lady, residing in Liverpool. Mrs. Ware is now in London arranging about the 'publication of a series of poems. •The work may shortly be expected. From the taste, fancy, and high merit of the productions we have seen, and inserted in our publication, the book may be looked for with anxiety by the lovers of literature. Mrs. Ware, some years ago, edited the Boston Bower of Taste, a magazine of some celebrity in the United States. SHIP LYDIA.—The ship Lydia, belonging to C. W. and F. Shand, which sailed from Antigua on the night of the Bth May last, arrived here on the 2d June, and discharged a full cargo of sugar and molasses—took on board three hundred tons of goods, sailed again on the afternoon of the 7th, and arrived in Antihu4Ain the night of the 2d July, having made the round in the unprecedented short period of 56 days. She took out the first accounts of the defeat of ministers on Sir R. Peel's motion " of want of confidence," which was hailed with great joy by all the loyal people of Antigua. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The fete on Monday went off with great eclat, and so greatly were the entertainments ap proved of, that the proprietor intends giving another gala on Monday next, when the fireworks and illuminations will be repeated. The devices in anchors, birds, flowers, quadru peds, &c., were greatly admired. The storming of d' Acre is an astonishing exhibition. All strangers should visit those gardens, which may be termed, and truly, one of the lions of Liverpool. The Biscenascope will be exhibited to-night. THE ETNA.—We were much gratified this week with a visit on board the barque Etna, which is now a receiving ship for her majesty's service at this port, and we cannot do less than express ogy s, approval of the admirable and well conducted way in which the Etna is disciplined : her truly well-tried commander, Lieutenant Wilson, is an "above board" officer, and long servitude ought not to be lost sight of. We sigh in vain for some notice in the way of preferment being taken of the tried lieutenant of 2 6 years standing. SUDDEN DEATH.—A melancholy instance of the awful uncertainty of human life occurred at Runcorn on Monday last. A gentleman of the name of Mr. Samuel Whiteley, of Halifax, Yorkshire, after having landed at Runcorn ' from Liverpool, by the steam-boat, proceeded to the canal, with the intention of going forward to Manchester by the fly boat, but he had scarcely been seated a moment, when he leaned back and expired instantly. The deceased's complaint was an affection of the heart, and, as he was behind the other passengers for some distance, it is supposed, in his anxiety to reach the boat, he used too violent exertion, which termi nated his existence without a moment's warning. THE BRITISH MISCELLANY AND CHESS-PLAYER'S CHRONICLE. IL Hastings, London.—We have now re ceived this weekly publication up to No. 14, and can confirm the favourable opinion of it which we expressed in a former notice. Among the games first published before us, we are pleased to observe several by members of the chess club of this town. No. 10 contains the game recently won of the Armagh club,and N 0.13 bas one beautifully contested by the president of the Liverpool club, against the first player of the day, Mr. St. Arrant. The claims of Deschapelles and of his competitor, Mr. Lewis, we do not overlook, but, as both these gentlemen appear to have relinquished public contests in the game, we consider them defunct as chess players, and believe no other living player can successfully compete with the victor of Boncourt and of Szen. We conclude with a re petition of our former dictum,—that no amateur of chess should be without the Chess-player's Chronicle. THE. LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.—A memorial, said to be signed by upwards of seventy attorneys of Manchester, having been presented to the judges now on the northern circuit, praying amongst other matters, for an alteration in the order and arrangement for trying causes for the hundreds of West Derby and Salford ; and that those from the hundred of Salford should be tried in future the first. A counter memo rial has been signed_ by eighty-seven of the principal attor neys of Liverpool, in favour of continuing the present mode, by which the causes entered for each of those hundreds take precedence alternately of each other, and has been presented to the judges by Mr. Richard Brooke, on behalf of the Li verpool attorneys : and a counter memorial'of a similar ten dency from the Law Library has been laid before them by Mr. Payne, as chairman of that association. WALTON BAZAAR AND FANCY' FAIR.—It will be seen, by reference to the advertisement, that this grand fancy fair will be held on Wednesday and Thursday next. We are as sured by members of the committee of management that no pains are or will be spared to render the fete highly attract ive, and that visiters may depend on enjoying a treat of no ordinary kind, whether they regard the number and quality of the ladies' stalls, the beauty and extent of the gardens for promenading, the great variety of plants and flowers, or the efficiency and excellence of the bands of music provided for the occasion. Thisfe'te is to be held in the beautiful gardens of Mr. Skirving, Walton. The affair will be one of the most brilliant ever got up in the neighbourhood. We believe the materiel has come in in abundance. " The stock-in-trade" will be beyond precedent. A sight of the stall-holders, it is expected, will be worth all the money alone ; for the loveliest witches in the county have come forward to aid the intentions of the committee. TILE PRUSSIAN ARMY. —The Prussian State Gazette of the 7th instant publishes the following statement relative to the staff of the army, which is composed of 143 generals and 665 officers. Amongst the first are two honorary field marshals, the Duke of Wellington, colonel of the 28tli Regiment of Infantry, and Count Zieten, colonel of the 4th Regiment of Hussars ; 11 generals of cavalry and of in fantry, o f whom five are Prives of the royal family, viz., the Prince af ''Prussia, the Princes Frederick, William, Henry, and Atimkstus ; 35 lieutenant-generals, of whom one is a prince of thdroyal family (Charles); 92 major-generals, of whom two are princes of the royal familly (Albert and William Adelbert.) Amongst the other royal princes, Prince Waldemar is major, the two Princes Alexander and George are sub-lieutenants. Amongst the foreigners, colo nels of regiments are the Emperor of Russia and his son the Grand Duke Michael, the Kings of Wurtemberg and Hol land, and the Grand Duke of Baden. THEATRE ROYAL. Have you been to see Cerrito? if not, you must do so. When the enraptured lover saw Alice Grey he declared, " She was all that fancy painted her," but we defy fancy the most vivid to picture Cerrito. Words are but faint vehicles to express the loveliness of this charming danseuse. She appears before you like a fairy creature; you are captivated at once; you welcome her—she bounds forward—now rises like a rocket—only she does not go quite so high—and alights like a flake of snow on a velvet lawn ; now she turns on her charming little toes vith the velocity of a multiplying wheel, seeming all the while " Between two worlds, hovering like it star"— • then she gracefully sinks, with a sweet smile upon her face, the very impersonation of a sylph, or " a pert just loosed from its cage." Those who will not admit a genius in dancing should, by all means, see Cerrito, and let them ask themselves how many years it would take to teach them to execute one pas even, with her inimitable grace, and be able so " To trip it, as they go, On the light, fantastic toe." The beautiful pas de Quatre, from the " Lac de Fcles," was danced by Mademoiselle Cerrito, Monsieur Guerra, Miss 'Webster, and Miss O'Brian. The figures and move ments are composed by Signor Guerra, and are extremely beautiful and full of grace. Mons. Guerra is a splendid dancer ; he is decidedly the first of the day ; his style is superb, his nzaniere is manly and elegant, his entrech a t s are brilliant, his h plomb is firm, while his pirouettes and tours de force are wonderfully effective and well managed. The Styrienne is a charming dance. On Wednesday it was encored. The concluding waltz is a most extraordinary, we may say astonishing, performance i it is posit ively wonderful. The applause it met with was immense. Mad emo i se ll e Cerrito danced a cacliuca splendidly on Wednesday night, as a Gitana. In fact, she has delighted all by her exquisite skill, and wrung a cheer from those "all unuse d to t h e cheering mood." M bliss O'BrienOßrian is an excellent and t a l en t e d dancer. Miss Webster has only the misfortune to have an English name—if she bore one fromsunny Italy, Spain, or anywhere but " this bright isle," she would be pronounced an artiste of astonishing promise : that she is so, none can deny. We look upon her as possessed of great talents. Her style is excellent, and . her execution brilliant. Her dancing has not been thrown Into the shade by being compared with Cerrito's. While we indulge thus in speaking of new friends, we must not forget old ones. H ar l ey th e versati l e, d ro ll , gay, and mirth -stirring Harley, h as b een ma ki ng " laugh ter hold both his sides," as Jack Humphreys, Lubin Log, Tom, Billy Lackaday, and other capital characters. He has been well supported by Messrs. Baker, Holl, Vivash, Chap • lin, and Slaiter, Miss Honner, an d M a d ame Si mon. This evening, the Opera Company make their appearance. The house will be very full, no doubt. Go soon, and stand not to the order of your going —those who wish to hear them. SOUTH LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES. CROWN COURT.—TUESDAY. (Before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN.) The business commenced at nine o'clock with the mint cases. KNOWINGLY UTTERING .Tolin Dickinson, 38, and Mary Brice, 38, were charged with having, on the 29th July last, at Manchester, feloniously uttered to Mary Bailey a counterfeit half-crown, and with having had in their possession eight other counterfeit half crowns. The Attorney-General for the county and Mr. Pollock appeared for the prosecution. On the 29th July last, the two prisoners went into the Bird-in-hand public-house, kept by Isaac Bailey, Great Ancoats-street, Manchester, and pur chased three-penny-worth of liquor. They gave the landlady a half-sovereign, and she returned them two half-crowns, four shillings, a sixpence, and threepence. Shortly after wards the female prisoner called the landlady aside, and re quested her to return the half-sovereign, and she would re turn her the silver which she had received, -and make it up ten shillings, as if she retained the change her husband would spend it. She put the change into Mrs. Bailey's hand, and Mrs. Bailey immediately discovered ttbad half-crown amongst it. She, of course, taxed the prisoners with having substi tuted a bad half-crown for a good one. They denied it, and the male prisoner seized Mrs. Bailey's hand, and, after a struggle, he took from her the bad half-crown, which she had marked with her teeth. He immediately produced another, and protested that it was a good one, which was the fact. A police-officer was Balled in, who took the prisoners into cus tody. Two good half-crowns were found upon the man. The women, on being searched, threw away a bag, containing nine half-crowns, all cast from the same mould. Amongst them was the half-crown which the man had taken from Mrs. Bailey, which she had marked with her teeth. The jury, after a long consultation, found both prisoners guilty. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, the male prisoner had been four times convicted, the female prisoner once. They were indicted only for a misdemeanour. They were sentenced to two years imprisonment and hard labour. . MAKING EASE SIIILLINGS John Fisher, aged 43, and George Barker, 25, were charged with having, at Little Bolton, on the 31st May, feloniously made and counterfeited twenty-eight pieces of coin, intended to resemble and pass for certain of the Queen's current coin called shillings. Sergeant 'Atelierly and Mr. Pollock for the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins for the defence. The police constables of Bolton having received informa tion that the prisoners were coiners, went, on the 31st May, to the residence of Barker, where they found the two prison ers, one of whom endeavoured to make his escape. Another man did make his escape. several materials and implements used in coining were found on the premises. In a basin of water, near the fire-place, were twenty-eight base shillings, which appeared to have been newly cast. They had probably ,been put into the basin to cool, as both the shillings and the water were warm. On each of the prisoners a bad sixpence was found, and twelve counterfeit groats were found in another part of the premises. The jury found the prisoners guilty. Two witnesses were called, who gave Barker a good character. His lordship sentenced him to transportation for life, postponing the sen tence on Fisher, for the purpose of giving him an opportunity of producing any evidence as to his former course of life. His lordship deemed that there was some distinction in the case of the last-named prisoner, as he did not reside on the premises, and might have been unwittingly led into the offence. COINING. James Crossley, 30, and Margaret Crossley, 28, - were charged with having made eighty counterfeit sixpences, at Whalley. The Attorney-General and Mr. Pollock appeared for the prosecution, and the prisoners were undefended. Part of the proof, in this case, rested on the testimony of a man named Abraham Mitchell, who had made acquaintance with the prisoners, and who had informed the police of their . proceedings, and upon the evidence of a woman who had her self been accused of coining . These two testified to the fact of the prisoners having ben seen employed in the act of making sixpences. The male prisoner averred that Michael himself took the moulds and other materials to his house, and cast a number of sixpences ; melting down bad shillings for the purpose. The police officers went to the house, and found moulds and other materials usually found in casting counterfeits, with several base sixpences and shillings. His LORDSHIP expressed a strong opinion that the em ployment of individuals for the purpose of bringing crimes to light by espionage was extremely reprehensible, and fre quently productive of great evil. The jury inquired if Mitchell were to receive anything on the conviction of the prisoners. It appeared that he had re ceived regular wages, and that nothing tinned on this con viction. The jury found the prisoners guilty, but recommended them to mercy under the opinion that they bad been the dupes of others. Sergeant ATCTIERLEY said that the male prisoner had but just been released, after having served two years in Lancaster Castle. His LORDSHIP deferred passing sentence. FORGERY Charles Thompson, aged 36, a very respectable looking man, was charged with having feloniously passed a receipt for money, with intent to defraud the Sheffield and Man chester Railway Company. Mr. Brandt and Mr. Hutton appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Shaw for the defence. The prisoner was secretary to the Sheffield and Manches ter Railway Company. -An account of £417 was due to Messrs. Mawdsley of this town for advertising. The pri soner drew that amount from the directors, but remitted only £347. An acknowledgment was transmitted, and Thompson, it was alleged, had altered the word " three" into " four." John Dalton, one of the directors of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway Company, stated that in September, 1839, the prisoner was in the employ of the company as secretary. They had an account with Gore and Son of this town, for advertising. On September 25th, a meeting of the directors was held at Glossop, and Gore and Son's ac count was brought forward by Mr. Thompson, and ordered to be paid. A cheque was drawn for the amount on the District Bank of Manchester and :Liverpool. The cheque was handed over to Mr. Thomson. Witness and Mr. Sykes signed the cheque, and the body of it was in the handwriting of the.prisoner. It was handed to him, and his duty was to send it to the party in whose favour it was drawn. The re ceipts of parties were usually pasted in the voucher-book. (The receipt from Messrs. Gore was produced.) The letter r in the word four the witness thought was like the writing of Mr. ThompSon. The word altOgether was like the general character of his hand. Mr. Cunningham cashier to the District Bank, stated that on the 26th September, 1839, the prisoner presented the cheque for payment. It was paid ; £lOO being given i❑ cash, and a letter of credit for £317, payable to Messrs. Gore and Son, of this town. Thomas Kerrison, clerk to Messrs. Mawdsley, (Gore and Son), proved that in September, 1839, the Railway Company owed them £417, and that they, in that month, received a remittance of £347, which was acknowledged. The letter of acknowledgment was handed in. Mr. Kerrison showed that the word " three" had been altered to "four." A letter from Mr. Thomson, which accompanied the letter of credit, was read. It set forth the total sum remitted, namely, £347, and that some of the accounts for advertising in other papers having come in, the balance was retained till another audit of the board, he would call and see Messrs. Mawdsley (Gore and Son), respecting the accounts. Mr. Kerrison stated that he never had any conversation with Mr. Thompson on the subject of the letter. Mr. James Mawdsley.stated, that he was a partner in the firm of Gore and Son ; there were more than two partners. Mr. Thomson called a month or two after the letter alluded to arrived. _ _ _ _ Cross-examined.—Did not arrange that Mr Thompson was to pay the deficient £lOO by an acceptance. Mr. Thompson proposed that mode, but it was not acceded to. He (Mr. Thomson) then proposed to pay by instalments. He (Mr. Mawdsley) agreed to that. By Mr. BRANDY. - Mr. Thomson stated that the directors were displeased that he had given such extensive orders for advertisements, and he would therefore pay the residue out of his own pocket. That was the reason why he (Mr. Mawdsley) acceded to the proposal to pay by instalments. Mr. Straw took several slight objections to the form of the indictment, none of which was entertained. He then ad dressed the jury at some length in favour of the prisoner. The jury found the prisoner guilty. HORSE-STEALING. Thomas Wright, alias Tommy Boots, aged 26, was charged with having stolen a horse, the property of Wm. Baker. Mr. Hulton conducted the prosecution. Mr. Baker, it appeared, had a flat in the canal from Northwich, and the prisoner, who possessed a horse, was made captain of this flat, his horse drawing it. Baker, having made some disbursements on account of the prisoner, agreed to purchase the horse for seven guineas, and a balance was struck between them, and the horse was delivered to Mr. Baker. The prisoner continued in Mr. Baker's service, and shortly afterwards sold the horse again in Manchester, tojames Thomas, a publican, for £2 10s. The jury found the prisoner guilty. A good character was given to the prisoner, and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, the first and last week in solitary confinement. William Randall, aged 19, a respectable-looking but evi dently exceedingly impudent young man, was charged with having, at Salford, stolen a horse, gig, and harness, the pro perty of Mr. John Sharpies. Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Monteith conducted the prosecution. On the 10th of May last the prisoner called at the livery stables kept by Mr. Sharpies, in Manchester, and calling for the stable keeper, asked for a saddle-horse, saying that he had left his own mare at a stable, to the owner of which be referred the other. There was not a saddle-horse in all Mr. Sharples's stables, and the prisoner asked if they had no horse in. He was told that there was a harness-horse in. He said that would do, as he had to go to Altrincham. The horse was put in harness in a gig, and while the ticket was being made out, the prisoner drove off. It was proved that lie drove to the house of Mrs. Scholefield, near Oldham, about nine miles from Manchester, and there borrowed a saddle and bridle. He told Mrs. Scholefield that be was one of the firm of Houldsworth and Co., wine -merchants, of Manchester, and son to Mr. Houldsworth. He then rode away to the Brown Cow, at Leeds, where he inquired for a purchaser for his horse, saying, that he must sell it suddenly, as he wished to remit some money to his mother. He sought for a purchaser, at first asking £l5 for it, and after wards coming down to £6. The prisoner cross-examined the witnesses in the most impudent manner, and astonished a sturdy Yorkshireman, who had td a very plain story against him, by averring that he hitnever seen him in his life before. The prisoner addressed the jury, representing himself as a person of high family connexions. He denied any intention of selling the horse, and said that he hired it for the purpose of going to Leeds, to look after some property. The jury found the prisoner guilty, stating that it was un necessary for his lordship to snm up. His LORDSHIP said he was sorry for the young man, but he was a very proper example. He was sentenced to 15 years' transportation. THE POULTON, GOSTON, AND BICKERSHANVE-HALL BURGLARIES On the application of Mr. Wilkins, his lordship fixed the trial in this case to come on first thing to come on to-morrow morning (Wednesday.) The court adjourned at a quarter-past six o'clock. NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Justice %VIGWFMAN.) The learned judge took his seat a few minutes after nine BARNES V. WRIGHT o'clock This was an undefended action against the drawer of a bill of exchange for £Bl 3s. Verdict for the amount claimed, with 7s interest. JONES, PUBLIC OFFICER, V. SMITH. The plaintiff in this case is the public registered officer of the Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company. and the action was brought against the defendant as the acceptor of a dishonoured bill of exchange, to recover £6l 7s, and X 1 interest. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £62 7s.__ LLOYD AND ANOTHER, ASSIGNEES, V. SKINNER. Verdict for the plaintiffs, by consent, for £6OO. GILBERT V. ANDREWS. In this case a verdict was taken, by consent, for the plain tiff for £lOOO, subject to a reference. WAREING V. TRESSWELL. In this case M r . D un d as an d 111 r. James appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Crompton appeared for the defendant. This was an action to recover £44 10s 7d. the balance of au account between the parties, which had been running from the beginning of 1834 to the end of 1133/. When the trana• actions took place the defendant was a tanner at Sheffield, but now he is carrying on the business of a brewer there; and Mr. Wareing is a skin merchant in Liverpool. The plaintiff supplied the defendant with skins during that period, and the defendant furnished him with great quantities of size and glue. In addition to these there had been many bill trans actions between the parties. Altogether the case was one of much complication, but of no public interest whatever. At the end of Mr. Dundas's opening the lear►fed JUGDE recom mended a referent; to some gentleman at the bar, but the plaitktiff refused to cpnsent. The cause proceeded, and occu pied upwards of threp hours. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. STANLEY BART. V SIR THOMAS BIRCH. This was an action against the High-Sheriff of the county, and Mr. Watson, on the part of the plaintiff, applied to the court for the Learned Judge to appoint a day for the trial, for the convenience of the Attorney-General, who is specially retained in it. He applied for Friday or Monday next, or Monday to be appointed. Mr. CRESSWELL had no objection to Monday, as he could very well imagine why the Attorney-General wished to have it over before Tuesday. Mr. WATSON said he could understand why many other members of parliament should wish the same. The JUDGE appointed the case to be tried on Monday next. SHORROCKS AND ANOTHER V. MILLER AND ANOTHER In this case a verdict was returned to the plaintiff, by con sent, for £640. LUCAS AND ANOTHER V. GIBBS This was an action against the acceptor of a bill of ex change for £54, with £1 6s. for interest. Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. MOTTRAM AND ANOTHER V. SLACK. This was an undefended action on a bill of exchange to re cover £2O. Verdict for the plaintiff. WOODS AND ANOTHER NOKENZIY This was an action brought by Robert Bryce Wood, Hugh Mackay, and George Bolton, trustees of the Liverpool and Manchester Coal Company,, to recover the sum of £l3O, being the balance of an account due from the defendant, who is a coal-dealer at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. _ _ Mr. CRESSWELL and Mr. Cii.omrroN appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Watson for the defendant. The delivery and receipt of the coals were proved on the part of the plaintiffs. Mr. Watson then took an objection to the action, contending that it was not properly brought. It should have been brought by the copartners instead of the trustees, as the copartners had no right to give any three in dividuals the power which they had exercised in this case. The JUDGE said, he had some doubts whether the action was properly brought. He would, however, consent to a verdict for the plaintiffs, and give leave to the defendant to move to enter a nonsuit. A verdict was taken accordingly. The declaration in this case claimed compensation in damages from the defendant for having by his negligence killed a horse and damaged a carriage belonging to the plain tiff. . Mr. Murphy appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. James for the defendant. On the part of the plaintiff it was shown, that he is the proprietor of certain omnibuses which ply between Liverpool and the Old Swan. The defendant is a cartowner, and one of his carts was engaged in carting coals to Liverpool, the direction it was going being opposite to that in which the omnibus was going upon this occasion. The driver of the omnibus was going upon the left or proper side of the road, when he overtook some carts which were going, upon the pro per side, towards the Old Swan. When he reached them he was obliged to swerve to the right in order to get clear of them, and on so doing be saw the defendant's cart coming in a direction to meet him. He called out to the driver of the cart, but there was no person who appeared to have charge of it ; in point of fact the only person with it was a boy between 13 and 14 years of age, who was walking behind. The horse in the cart, on seeing the omnibus, started, and the result was that the shaft of the cart entered the breast of the off horse belonging to the plaintiff, and it died imme diately. The shaft and harness was'also injured. The acci dent, the cause of it, and the amount of damage was proved, among other witnesses, by Mr. Lawrence Heyworth. Mr. JAMES, in reply, contended that the accident had happened through the negligence of the plaintiff himself, in asmuch as the omnibus might have retired on the other side, although it was contrary to what was called " the law of the road," before he met the cart. He admitted, however, that the defendant's carter had been guilty of neglect, but never theless, it was not his neglect which had caused the accident. Several witnesses, among whom was the boy who had the care of the cart, were then called by the learned counsel. One of them, named Wm. Mason, said, that he had a glass of gin with the omnibus driver before he started, and he then appeared the " worse for liquor." Mr. MuarHY having replied, the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 4:15. SHEPHERD V. WHITEHEAD The plaintiff is a flour merchant, and the defendant a flour dealer in Liverpool, and the action, which was undefended, was brought to recover £3l 165., the amount of goods sold and delivered. Verdict accordingly. YATES AND OTHERS V. ASKEW An undefended action,to recover the balance of an account amounting to £7l is. 9d. for coals sold to the defendant. Verdict for the plaintiffs. WILLIAMS AND OTHERS V. BAILEY AND OTHERS The plaintiffs in this case are bankers at Carnarvon, and the defendants are an associated body carrying on business under the name of " The Snowden Slate Company." The action was brought to recover the sum of £BO which the plaintiffs had advanced for the use of the defendants upon an acceptance. Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Martin appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Dundas and Mr. Crompton for all the defendants except Mr. G. F. Fakelough, solicitor, of this town, who was defended by Mr. Wortley. Mr. CRESSWELL stated the case. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, who are bankers at Carnarvon, to recover the sum of £BO, which they had advanced for their use upon an acceptance given by Mr. Potter to a bill drawn by a person named Griffiths Davies, who was formerly in partnership with the defendants, but who, unfortunately for the had recently died. A year or two ago the defendants, with certain other persons, hearing of the great gains made by the owners of slate-quarries in North Wales, were disposed to enter into speculations of a similar kind, and they formed themselves into a company, which they described as " The Snowdon Slate Company," Griffiths Davies being the managing partner, and residing in the dis trict. Griffiths paid the workmen as - their wages became due, and in fact carried on the whole concern in Carnarvonshire : he drew hills upon different customers, collected moneys, und applied them to the purpose of carrying on the affair. In the month of January, 1840, Davies having, as it would seem, been disappointed in receiving funds from the defend ants for the payment of wages, applied to Mr. Potter, by letter, (which the learned council read,) to accept a bill at six months for £BO, in consideration of which he should receive 15,000 slates before it became due, or if he (Davies) did not take the slates, the acceptance should be returned. Mr. Potter accepted the bill on these terms. The bill was as follows : " Carnarvon, June 7, 1810. " Six months after date, pay to my order £BO, value re ceived in slates. " GRIFFITHS DAVIES." Then it was accepted by Potter, made payable at Messrs. Roberts, London, and endorsed by Davies. This bill Davies carried to the plaintiffs to be discounted, who knew him to be partner in the slate company because he had deposited with them his scrip. When he 'presented the bill to be dis counted they said, " No ; this bill is not accepted for the company." "Oh ! dear, yes," said Davies, "it is so." He then altered the words, " to my order," and wrote, " per procuration for the Snowdon Slate Comany, Griffiths Da vies," and also altered the endorsement. The plaintiffs, taking that as an endorsement by the company, advanced Davies the money. When the bill came to maturity it was dishonoured, and when they applyed to the defendants, they were told that the bill had been altered after acceptance, that the stamp was therefore good for nothing, and therefore they could not recover upon it. But suppose they could not re cover upon the bill, they could recover for money advanced ; therefore in either way, the defendants were bound to pay. Before the bill became due, Mr. Potter wrote for the slates. In answer, Davies, on the Bth September, a day or two after the bill was due, wrote to the effect that the number of work men in the quarry being reduced to six, he could not furnish him with the 15,000 slates, and that he could not meet the bill, and referring him to the Company for redress. Mr. Potter handed this letter over to the plaintiffs, the holders of the bill, and they had brought the present action. He (Mr. Cresswell) should have called Davies as a witness to these facts, had he been alive, but, unfortunately, he died only on Sunday week ; nevertheless, he should call Mr. Potter, who would prove the acceptance, and the banker's clerk who dis counted it for the company. The learned Counsel then called his witnesses, who con firmed the facts as stated in his opening. A variety of objections, of an abstrusely legal nature, were then argued by the learned Counsel for the defendants. After much discussion, the learned Judge directcd a non suit to be entered, giving the plaintiffs leave to move-to enter a verdict for the principal and interest, upon the conditions that the Court above should be of opinion there was evidence to go before the Jury upon the points which the plaintiffs were bound to establish. SYKES V. WASKER. This was an undefended action to recover .E 443. 3s. 10d Verdict accordingly. The Court rose a few minutes after five o'clock. CROWN COURT.--WLDNESDAY • THE. WARRINGTON BURGLARS. William Parkinson, 31, William Barber, 28, Thomas Goodier, 48, Samuel Pinnington, 31, and Henry Ellis, 2.5, were placed 'at the bar to be tried for various burglaries, an alleged attempt at murder, &c.. committed in March la st , i n various parts of this county. They were first indicted for having, on the 26th of March last, feloniously entered the house of Thomas Shaw, at Poulton-with-Fearnhead, with intent to steal his gOods, and then and there assaulted and wounded Hannah Barton, with 'intent to murder her, and further with having stolen £36 in gold, a silver table spoon, a silver watch, and other goods, the property of the said Rhomas Shaw. William Woollasten was originally com mitted for this offence, but the grand jury ignored the bill. Mr. WILICINS laid before the jury a very perspicuous nar rative of the case as he expected to prove it before the jury. Part of the testimony, he observed, would be that of an approver. Hannah Barton, Mr. Shaw's housekeeper, was first called. She was still weak and ill, and the trial was taken thus early in consequence of the surgeon having certified that it would be dangerous to detain her in Liverpool. She stated, that on the night of Friday, the 26th of March last, she was i n the service of Mr. Shaw. On that night she went to bed at nine o'clock. About one o'clock on Saturday morning she was disturbed by the house dog barking furiously, and by the scuffling of heavy feet about the door . The door was forced open with a great crash, and the report of a gun or pistol was heard. She started out of bed, opened the window, and im mediately heard the report of another pistol or gun, and received a wound in her forehead. (A deep indention, the effect of this wound was visible in the very centre of the witness's forehead over her nose.) Three stones were thrown at her, one of which struck her. She went down stairs, and saw four men in the room where her master and the man slept. She went to the back kitchen window, and endeavour ed to break it, but was unable. She went into the workshop, broke the window and got through. She was immediately c he m n e . out One of theof these parlour men where v seized by the pri soner Ellis, who came from the back of the house. She s i a n w to tw th o e m k e i n tc o masterlanternand was 'a pistol in his h an d. The dog made furious de monstrations of an intention t o attac k them, and one of t h e er h e ad a her men said " D—n him, knock his brains out." She asked him to let her go to her master, but he presented his pistol at her face, and said if she stirred he would give her that. He had a black mask on. They went away after a time, and locked the door after them, taking away the key, which was missing next morning. (A key was here produced, and the witness identified it as the key of Mr. Shaw's door.) She found the side of a lantern in the kitchen next morning. Thomas Shaw stated, that on the 26th March last he and his family went to bed at nine o'clock. Witness went on to say, that after he had been asleep some time, he was aroused by hearing the dog bark, and presently the front door was thrust in with a great crash, and four men entered his room, two of whom had ' crow-bars and two pistols and lamps. They had black masks on. As they entered they made a great noise, exclaimirw, " Oh, you b—g —s, your money — Yo ur , money. W e 'll h ave your money, or we'll take your lif e." The least of the men struck his man, and then they all seized him (the man), and threw him on the bed, and covered him " with the b o l ster, exclaiming, " Y our money — Yo ur gold. He releas e d hi s head, and called to him (witness) to give !31..s money. He t oo k hi s purse from his pocket, anti it wasernt: in stantly snatched from his hand, the person who did it threat