The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-24 00:00:00

CFI-STREET informed, tha fter the 21st E RECEIV G BOX will . ..MER and S ITH'S to AND O.'S, Corner bf Parker-street LIVERPOOL ASSIZES ?ersons who ha NYitilesses to •e respectful) ST. PAUL dirActed to the S e minutes' walk of the I ice of a Private ouse attac sirable for those ho wish a res s possible. Terris are rno.lerat self that, after being once NRENDON lIOTEL, / )N-BRIDGE, BOLD- STRAET, laving entered upon th above Esta ly occupied by Mr. H PER,) he has y convenience and co ort for a first mg in ti e_immediate vicinity of the Private Families visiting the ry exertion on the part of the Proprietor will satisfaction, he hopes to merit a share of that support he most respectfully solicits. A CHOICE CELLAR OF WINES. CHELTENHAM. ;RAVE BOARDING-HOUSE, PROMENADE. I A. SHAW beg to inform the i No try of Liverpool mid its Vi nity who enham, that they continue to recei a limited DIES and GENTLEMEN as B ARDERS. shment is delightfully situated, h 'ing a Lawn td a Flower-garden on the o r. It com f the entire range of the Pro enade on one Imperial-square and Nursery on the other. situation comprises the most extensive prospect in this tiful part of the town, being midway between the Im d Hotel and the Montpellier Spa. The Rooms are large and airy, and the accommodation perior in every respect, and the Establishment possesses C. " YDON ty and , a_J• bil number of Li Their Estat manils ,te House Cards of terms may be had at the Office of this Paper, or upon application to Mr. WILSON, at the Liverpool Banking Company, to whom the Proprietors are kindly permitted to refer. COVE' VA ATER 'OR THE ENSUING SEASON. UCHT AND TURTILL, kILORS AND DRAPERS, UASTI ,STREET, Davis and C 0.,) PRPPI licit Sportsmen and gentlemen of tt their Establishment, an extensive Vcrloute, manufactured expressly ;, &c., in which the Plumage of the idge, Quail, Snipe, Plover, Raile, sted, and surpasses any material for SHOOTING COATS Pheasant, Grouse. Partri CRT and '1 URTILL also beg to state that the le Stock of Figured VELVETS, SATINS, gs, and the remaining portion of FANCY ❑d from the late Partnership, are Selling at a ion from the original cost, to prepare for the ion cf Foreign and English Manufacture. seri Autumn Sc DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. SELLING OFF AT CONSIDERABLY BELOW COST PRICE, RY, GLOVES, BABY LINEN, AND I ILLINERY, LACE, HOSIE AT Nos. 75 AND 77, CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOO ITE MESSRS. WINSTANLEY'S SALE Ro AND THE LIVER THEATRE ND E. WILLIAMS beg to inform t eir Friends id the Public, that, being about to dis ve Partner ey have determined, for the purpose disposing of le of their valuable and extensive Sto without de- the who lay, to offer rzmense sacrifice. T. and E. W. invite with especial confidence, the atten tion of the Ladies of Liverpool and its vicinity to their choice Eck of Lace and Muslin Shawls, Canezous, ,c. ; together with a most costly assortment ierthes, Foreign and British Blondes, Laces, )bons, Millinery, and Baby Linen, which coin and variety of make. rate Hot( Railway, nd modern Caps, Collars of Veils Flowers, R In addition to the above, they have now on hand a large Gloves, Gentlemen's Ready-made Linen, &c., &c., of the newest patterns and )le of which they are now offering at Prices of unprecedented advantage to the Public. Stock of I DENTAL SURGERY R. MOSEL SURGEON DENTIST, 429, Duke es's, London, may be constilted daily, 's, 106, BOLD-STREET, MVERPOOL. Al Mr. Chaper Mr. Mos Et j TERREOUS ARTIFI AL TEETH, which he has had the honour to submit to h . Patients for the last four years, and which are peculiar t is own practice, adapted without extracting the stumps qr ausing pain to the ARTIFICIAL conveniences whic PALATES so fixecias to obviate the in arise from Defective Palates. rectually Preserved. :endance, Ten till Four. To MERCHANTS. BANKERS, & MANUFACTURERS. VOORSANGER'S newly-invented METALL EM BOSSED PENS possess the flexibility of e Quill, with' the preservation of elasticity to a much gre r degree than any hitherto offered to the Public. Th • arc so re markable for producing beauty and clearness i riling, as to render them distinguished in numerous publi offices, which f their excellence Each genuine Pen is nia Voorsang,er autioned not to purchase I', Is no Hawker is supplied wilt cr. and ADDISON, Standard-office, and id dealers in such articles. N AND M`N 55, DALE-STREET. E L, WINES IN WOOD or Xlti 10s., SHERRIES, first Hhd., or£l6, £l7 lOs FE MAD BftON CAPE MADEIRA PORTS, very superior per Dozen. i vered (in Liverpool) free expense. quality, £32, £36, £39, 41 per Hhd., as., £2O, £2l per Quart Cask. Duty paid PORT, c s, £3l, £34135., X 10s., £4Blos. , £2 - 2, £24105. r Quarter Cask. RA, or MARSALA, ( orio,) £2l 10s., per Quarter Cask. £l7 10s. per Hhd., 9 per Qr. Cask. WINES IN BOTTLE. 245., 305., 345., 365., 425., and 48s st marks, 215., 305., 365., 425., and 48s. per SHERRIES, Dozen. CHAMPAGNE, very superior, 545., 605., and 78s. per Doz OREIGN AND BRITISH SPIRITS. 1 - BRANDY, 725. per Dozen, or 365. per Gall. Fel iallon. old Jamaica, 16s. and 17s. per Gallon. _..,ANDS, genuine old Schiedam, direct from Rotterdam An Cases of 1 Dozen, or 21 Gallons, at 725. per Dozen, de. livered from bond, duty paid. jIN, very superior, 10s. and 12s. per Gallon. WHISKEY, Old Islay, 16s. 6d. per Gallon. DITTO, Campbelton, 16s. per Gallon. DITTO, Old Irish, (as used in Dublin,) 16s. 6d. and 16s. per Gallon. BRANDY, very fine RUM, iii HOLI DUBLIN and CORK PORTER, 4s. 6d. per dozen quarts, 2s. 9d. per dozen pints. LONDON DITTO, ss. 6d. per dozen quarts, 3s. per dozen PORTER, in Six and Eight Gallon Casks, at 2s. per Gallon ; casks to he paid for and allowed when returned. EAST INDIA pale ALE, 6s. 6d. per dozen quarts, 3s. 9d. npr an7pn n;nt. iTTO DITTO, 4s. per doz , n quarts, and 2s. 6d. per dozen LONDON COMMERCIAL REPORT, VENING 1 here The news from China via Ame accounts which fill up the gap in the news some few days since, and which were of have led to a fall in tea to a rather serious ex- Company's Congou, of 24d. per lb., or from 51d per lb cash. At th e auctions onMonday, ter seen how far free trade samples are affected. sales of wool have been going off excellently ening, and at fully last sale's rates, to a slight he attendance of buyers was very lar g e, a nd th e . , t, viz., RKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE The funds have been very_ quiet usols 89'1 to 1 for money, and 891 buyers . foi: ac k Stock 168 to 9. India Stock 245 to 7. Ex- Bills 1 ecurities as before. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per )2 ; the Five per Cents 101 to 2. Belgian 1021 active with the Coupons improved to 20 to iproved quotations from Faris. Por ; 29,1 to 301. Brazilian 661 to 71. 'ombian 201 to k. ler Cent GI. Cc ESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE (From the Oxford Herald.) PROMOTIONS henry Lovett Cameron, M.A., of Trinity lge, to the Vicarage of Fleet, Dorset, void eiiev. George Gould, on the presentation 1, of Fleet House , to the Perpetual Curacy of Luber, ssion of the Rev. T. Williams; patron, Edward - §' M.A., of St. John's College, Cam dge, to be Chaplain of the Bedfordshire Infirmary, vacant f the Rev. Richard Pearson, M.A. iton Irwin, M.A., of Caius College, Cam . ut St. Clement's, Norwich, and recently Curate -orge's Church, C am b r id ge , h as b een appo i nte d , b y Society for Propagating the Gospel, to the station of o ‘ , . Seminary at Madras. M.A., to the Curacy of Upton tion of J. G. \ enabl John Sandford, Vicar of Dunchurch, to be one of Lestic Chaplains to the Lord Bishop of Worcester. TH OF THE CHARTIST PREACHER. MOORE.—We •r,d, a few days since the death of this Ch ar ti s t, i n th e - v Union Workhouse. Just , from which we before he died he in declaratio n declare7e extract the more :—" I here solemnlyon what I ex iy dying bed, and b,efaornethat God in whose spirit, that I shortly to stand Little did I the Chartist Associatio n, that I had `o:u o r f ro p u u n r d e m rel s ig e i l o f n w . intl; ! And now I wish it to; Oh of prin d the neighbourhood, that kl ' ° s i v i T ully prostituted the Word of l d --- together on blessed Sabbath daoyd' tree parts politics, and the r e it s a , And if I did, as it is feared I dick, iy influence, I hope they may hear ls, and immediately by Divine mercy, 3f life. And as for some of those wlio sociates, and whose infidelity has even ppose ministers of the truth of God, I ruing before it is too late. Were you in trust you would think and feel diffe rs you that if you die as you are five under the vengeance of an angry God will tike away all your infidelity. Take warning ; and may the Lord have mercy upon your souls! _ _ WILL/Am Aromas MoortE Tewkesbury Union. Workhouse, July 7, 1841." rs it VVI01:1 iffluTTO Li 7,11 ruder IJy AlizneigeiNei:a V Mr. CLARKE, Soi: .I'..esaa „ la THE PERFORMANCES D URING THE S UMMER ASON WILL COMMENCE AT H ALF - PAST SEVEN.--D OILS TO PE OPENED AT SEVEN. The Public is respectfully informed that arra ements have been made with the following Eminent P formers : MADAME GRISI, SIGNORA ERNESTA G SI, SIGNOR LABLAC , SIGNOR MAR AND SIGNOR F. LAB CHE, For Four Representations of ITALI N OPERAS, the first of which will take place This Evening, Tuesday, Aug. 24. CORNO PRIMO, SIGNOR PUZZI. CONDUCTOR, the Celebrated Pianist, M. BENEDICT. To give variety to the entertainments of the week, Mr. HARLEY, of the Theatre-royal, Covent-garden, is re-en gaged, and will appear THis EVENING, and on WEDNES DAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY next, in favourite Dramas. THIS present TUESDAY, August 24, the entertainments 1 will commence with the favourite Drama, in one act, called TURNING THE TABLES. Jack Humphreys After which will be presented Bellini's Opera I PURITANI E I CAVALIER!. Elvira.. (Daughter of Lord Walton).. Madame Grisi. The Widow of Chsrles Henrietta of Franec First, under the name} Sig. E. Grisi of Madame Villa Forte. A Knight, and partizan Sig. Mario. Lord Arthur Talbot of the Stuarts. 1 AColone Colonel on Half Pay, his ~g . Lablache, Brother, Sir George and a Puritan. His first appearance at this Titeatre. Sir Richard Forth (A Colonel and a Puritan) Sig. F.Lablache, Lord Walter Walton (Governor-General, a Puritan,) Mr. P. Crowe. Sir Bruno Robertson (An Officer and a Puritan,) Mr. G. H orncastle. Peasants, &c. 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 WEDNESDAY, Mademoiselle CERRITO The Performances will commence with the Comedy of the HEIR AT LAW. Doctor Pangloss Mr. Harley. In the course of the Evening, A Variety of DANCES, by Mademoiselle CERRrro, Monsieur GUERRA, and Miss O'BRYAN. With other Entertainments. On THURSDAY, August 26th, for the BENEFIT of MADAME GRIST. Grecio's OPERA of LA PROVA D'UN OPERA SERIA. The principal characters by Madame Grisi and Signor Lablachs. In which will be in troduced a CONCERT, when Signor E. Grisi, Signor Mario, Signor Puzzi, and Signor F. Lablache will introduce some of the most popular compositions. With a Favourite Drama, in which Mr. Harley will perform. ON FRIDAY, SIGNOR LABLAC HE'S BENEFIT, and the LAST NIGHT of the ITALIAN OPERA. TO CORRESPONDENTS An excellent letter will be found elsewhere from the pen of the Rev. Hugh M'lsleile, in answer to a circular from the Manchester conventionalists. The assize intelligence occupies almost all our available space. We had prepared an article on the alleged imperfections of the " sliding scale," but we are compelled to postpone its insertion. A correspondent calls our attention to some extremely ill timed and reprehensible observations made use of by Dr. Epps, in the course of lectures which he is now delivering in this town, on physiology. The doctor, whilst speaking on the causes that produce crooked limbs in children, and the best means of preventing such deformity, is represented as having recommended the use of " good food," which, said the lecturer, "it is impossible to look for, and, "consequently, we must have crooked limbs, so long " as we are not allowed to buy corn where it is cheap, but " are forced to buy where it pleases the legislature to let us " have it." Well may we say what next? Tnis is the age of humbug truly, but we were certainly not prepared for such a non sequitur as this. Dr. Epps may possibly ascribe the origin of " all the ills that flesh is heir to" to the existing corn laws, but he should embrace a more favourable opportunity of promulgating his sentiment than during the delivery of a lecture on physiology, he may be listened to with interest when confining his remarks to the subject in hand, but he will only excite disgust when he wanders from it to indulge in observations on a question which he evidently does not understand. Ebt Etbetwol gPtanbarl3. TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1841. The conference of the preachers will, we have no doubt, be of use, but in a way different from what was intended ; it will be of use, not to Dissent, but to the Church—not to the cause of foreign trade and Liberal ism, but to that of home trade and Conservatism. The actual exhibitions at the council have in no degree im proved the anticipations which every reasonable person must have formed concerning an assembly so consti tuted and so convened. It cannot tend to exalt the characters of any of the congregated parties in the opinion of their congregations, that they had, in obe dience to a knot of political agitators calling themselves the Anti-Corn Law League, thrown off the character of Christian ministers, and figured upon the stage as gladiators in a contest from which both the name and the observances of religion were alike excluded. It has been a favourite doctrine with the members of this mi nisterial parliament, that the State has nothing to do with Religion, nor Religion with the State; but their practice in this instance demonstrates how ready they would be to mould the state according to their religious notions, and to accommodate their religion itself to the taste of any ordinary politicians. One of their orators, the chairman indeed of the day, said, on Friday, "that their meeting was one of the happiest unions of the Church and State"—Dissent being " the Church," and the Anti-Corn Law League, headed by Alderman O'Cobden, the State ! And just so it would be if these ridiculous parties had the power ; but, fortunately, that is not the case at present, and most devoutly is it to be wished that it never may be ; for millocracy legislation and all-denominations churchmanship would surely be an order of things quite too much for common mortals to endure. But the conference ended, as for the present it is, what, we ask, will be the feeling and sentiment of the people towards those faithless, expediency ministers who sacrificed their duty to God rather than lose the favour of an upstart convention—their prayers rather than their pay—and for sake of keeping the workmen together at their Babel tower, and carrying on a com bination heterogeneous beyond all power of descrip lion, in effect renounced that ministerial character for the supposed weight attached to which they had re ceived their cards of invitation from the Anti-Corn Law League ? The Established Church has no need to recur to those high pretensions claimed for it by the Oxford Tractarians to stand in sublime contrast with anything which Dissent, in any one or in all its multi farious forms, can offer. Its ministers do not indeed renounce their rights as citizens, nor decline on proper occasions, and in a becoming manner, to exercise them ; but neither do they, or would they, we trust, on any account, as a body, consent to waive their apostolic mission, lay aside their ministerial character, and com promise their testimony to divine truth. Their influ ence with the people is great, because their character is unimpeachable ; and when they do use it politically, it is on the side of order and established institutions. Such an exercise of power is laudable, and tends to exalt, and not to degrade the ATE v. And then as to the Church itself as it exists in doctrine, forms, and discipline, what have the " all-denominations" to offer which one might collate therewith ? She challenges inquiry, for she has everything to gain and nothing to lose by investigation. The Puseyites, indeed, dwell much upon antiquity, apostolical succession, tradition, and the fathers—upon an outward church in fact—but they are no more than a sect in the Church of Eng land, and not a very large one either, more learned too, to our thinking, than wise. We would give the Dis senters all the advantage they could possibly derive from the rejection of Puseyism, and at the same time challenge all their denominations to afford us any scheme of churchmanship which would bear compari son with that of the Church by law established. The Dissenting political conference naturally brings us to such questions, and we rejoice at their being raised. We desire to pass no sweeping censure on seceders from the national worship; but we say that it is a la mentable evidence of backsliding and decline in reli gious profession, when the teachers of congregations descend into the arena of politics stripped of every pretence to an apostolic mission, and renouncing every form which could impart sanctity or solemnity to their proceedings. The following remark, which we borrow from an excellent article in the present number of the Churchman's Monthly Review—(a well-conducted Lon don periodical, published by Messrs. Seely and Burn side) —comes exactly to our purpose : :ytiinfr , w w i ec e ared more for party interests," says the writer, for the growt h o f sp i r i tual rel i g i on among our coun should rejoice at the course which a large pro portion of the dissenters have lately taken. It has acted, and continues to act, as a perpetual blight upo n their con ,gregations. Th e i r missiona r y efforts decline ; an d i ns te a d of raising, as they did twenty ntyyears since, almost as many new chapels as m em b ers erecting the on establishmentenew edificecou ld w b h u e i r l d e churches, they are not, DO the church erects ten. 17;1:4444 c;44 "" been Plekis el . , la diet 464 7 tha:# that # de, s car ,/ into the region of mere party politics, a eoalescing with Papists, Socinians, and Infidels, merely to gain an end, has induced a decline in spiritual life among them; and that this decline in spiritual life has not only deteriorated their personal and interior standing, but has sensibly and visibly diminished their external power and influence. The very means which they adopted to elevate themselves, and to de press those whore they chose to consider as their adversaries, have had an entirely different effect. Those means have preyed upon their own internal strength, while the alarm they have created has roused churchmen to new and greater efforts." The late political conference was, we doubt not, re garded by most of the reverend men agglomerated as a means of bolstering up the dissenting cause, and of keeping the congregations of the divers denominations together ; for Dissent, as above observed, is, religiously, in a rapid state of decline ; but it will miserably disap point their expectations. Religion cannot be strength ened by such means, and the Church will now have an opportunity of reclaiming her scattered sheep, and, with the most moderate exertions, will be able to reco ver them. On the other hand, what can the Liberals possibly hope to gain by merging Dissenting preachers in the common bucket ? They can only send it down a little more rapidly; no more. Conservatism is too wide awake to allow itself to suffer or be imposed upon by 80 contemptible en artifice. Our industrious and libe ral contemporary, the Manchester Guardian, we per ceive, has gathered all the trash uttered at the late his trionic exercitation into one heap, and filled the columns of his Saturday's number therewith. The millocrat who can swallow it all must have a capacious maw and a powerful appetite. For our part, we doubt not that, if we had time, we could cull thereout much that would be amusing to our readers. Let us give just one spe cimen—the first that has come to hand—from the speech of, we suppose, a townsman, the Rev. W. Giles, Baptist minister of Liverpool. Here it is, with its pious hymn, Humphty's Clock, and all : " The corn-laws were anti-philanthropic and anti-patri otic. Charles Dickens—' Boz '—was his pupil, and he (Mr. Giles) said to him, a few days ago, ' Charles, the world thinks you must have spent all your time in a poor-house.' No,' he replied, ' I never entered a poor-house in my life ; but England is, throughout, a poor-house.' He would conclude with a new version of a verse for the na tional anthem : " 0 Lord our God, arise ! Scatter monopolies, And corn-laws sore; Confound such politics, On Thee our hopes we fix ; God save the poor !" So much for the religious instructor of the author of the Pickwick Papers, and the veracious assertion of that author that "England is throughout a poor house." Some of those Manchester millocrats keep large houses for their private residences, but we never heard before that they were "poor-houses." Poor, starving, hungry wretches, how we do pity them ! The last speech of the 'Whig-Ministry will this day be delivered—not by her Majesty in person, we are happy to believe, but by commission. To call such a production, so honoured, of whatever parts or sub stance it may consist, the Queen's speech is only a formal compliance with ancient custom, whilst the idea suggested is completely and altogether different from what the same words did once upon a time convey to the mind. We shall look for the speech, however, with some curiosity, as we feel an interest in observing the last throes and agonies of a Cabinet the most me morable on record for tenacity of place. They might well be called the " all the talons" administration, if it were a clearly-ascertained point in history that the adhesive power resided peculiarly or exclusively in those members of their bodfivith which it is notorious they are matchless at grabbing ; but while they have a prehensile tail of such remarkable length and power, which may well dispute the claim, there would be an obvious impropriety in giving them this designation. If the speech contain those certain-to-be-negatived recommendations which we have been told it would, it remains to be seen whether the Conservative party will suffer themselves to be drawn into a discussion upon them ; or whether they will not rather move such an amendment to the address as may waive and avoid them altogether. In the one case we should have a debate of interminable length at a very inconvenient season ; in the other, a very short one, and an early division, which is devoutly to be wished for. We incline to think that so experienced a debater, and so able a tac tician as our distinguished commander-in-chief, will not gratify the party with such a discussion as they look for. This is not the time for discussing the budget anew, but the time for putting out the concoctors thereof. A simple division upon the address without any dis quisition on the topics of the speech, would suffice to show the state of parties in the house, and, it is to be hoped, to compel the resignation of a ministry out numbered on such an occasion. The country grows impatient for their removal, and desires nothing so much as to see them fairly expelled. A protracted de bate at this moment would be more tedious and in supportable than the " twice-told tale vexing the dull ears of a drowsy man ;" and therefore our hope and expectation is, that Sir Robert Peel will do his utmost to hasten, and not in any degree to delay the catastrophe. The luck of the Whigs is indeed proverbial ; it has continued to them even after the opening of the very parliament which will exonerate them of official labour —as witness the election of their own Speaker—a Speaker proposed against the principle expressly laid down by themselves in 1835, namely, that the Chair man of the House of Commons ought to be the re presentative in opinion and sentiment of the majority. The Whigs little scrupulous about principle, and most conveniently oblivious of their own doctrine when it would not be so gainful to remember it, proposed Mr. Shaw Lefevre, and, thanks to the generosity of their adversaries, and the steady consistency of Sir Robert Peel, carried their point. Lord J. Rus sell could not repress a small exhibition of his usual pitiful spitefulness and paltriness on the occasion, by reviving an obsolete attack of proved groundlessness against one of the ablest and most irreproachable men that ever occupied the Speaker's chair—the venerable Lord Canterbury. One is forced to regret the gene rosity which, however dignified and noble in itself, is thrown away upon those who show themselves uncon scious of its worth, and incapable of valuing it. But though " the luck of the Whigs" has gone thus far even in the present Conservative parliament, we hope it is to go no further. It is certainly past our poor conception, at all events, if there be any more in store for them in the way of official connection, clever as they are at pantomime and harlequin transformations in every variety. Since throwing together the few general observations which appear elsewhere relative to the ghostly men who have been enacting a Conference at the request of cer tain mill-owning managers, we have had time to dip a little into the argumentation by which they have been attempting to mystify the subject of cheap bread. And, in the first place, we can safely say, that even the smallest scintilla of light beyond what we have already enjoyed, the preachers have not been able to shed upon it. It would seem as if they had been brought toge ther to play the lion's part in the MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT'S DREAM, which Snug, the joiner would have " written out," as he was a particular man, and " slow to study ;" but which Mr. Peter Quince, the carpenter, assured him he might perform extempore, as it was " nothing but roaring." By the way, there was a subsequent " conference" among the actors in SW spectre's comedy, part of which runs thus : " Bottom, weaver.—Masters , yon ought to consider with yourselves :to shield u s ! a li on among the bring in, God— • ladies, is a most dreadful thing ; for there i s not a more fear ful wild-fowl than your lion living ; and w e ought to look to it. " Snout, the tinker.—Therefore another prolougue must tell he is not a lion. .. Bola-Nay, you must name his name, and half his face must be seen through the lion's neck ; and lie himself must sneak through, saying thus , or to the same effect,—Ladies, or fair ladies, I would wish you, or I would request you, not to fear, nor to tremble : my life for yours. If you think I come hither as a lion, it were pity of my life : no, lam no such thing ; I am a man as other men are : and then, in deed, let him name his name, and tell them pl a i nly, he is Snug, the joiner.'' - • The ingenious artifice suggested here, to prevent the ladies taking alarm, was not , we are happy to say, a t all necessary in the case of the company to Whi c h we allude; no fair lady, however delicate or nervou s , could feel the least uneasiness at the Snugs, an d Snouts, and Bottoms who played the lion in this ex hibition ; no lion's skin, or lion's roar could possibly lead to any misapprehension as to the genuine donkey M 41ff App qfp Mri-OR 'PPM Wtt,if.' wit eAr4tl 4374,-;10Itt;ay aoked for a atnelling-bottle tally zic,k luair This was a happy circrim. stance. With regard to 'the roaring, or braying rather, it consisted of but one miserable stave throughout, with- out variation or change of any sort. It wvs plain that there was but a single master to all the performers, and that they all servilely and closely rehearsed the lesson they had got. First, each was to make a report of lamentable distress, and then he was to :ssign, " monopoly, monopoly !"—iterum, iterumque, as the cause : having done this, his part was over, and the millocrat league kindly stepped in to do the rest. Now, such a spectacle, for its absolute hollowness and trum pery character, as well as presumption, was, we will say, contemptible in the extreme, and if useful for any purpose, only for showing the uttter insufficien cy of the Anti-corn-law pretended demonstration. We will suppose that there is a certain amount of truth in what they insist upon so much, which mainly is, that a repeal of the corn laws would lower the price of corn, and promote trade. We do not deny the pro position stated in these terms; but our admission thus far does not by any means preclude us from raising our voice against the measure proposed notwithstand ing. The conference gentlemen imagine that the case is settled when they assert, or even prove the proposi tion to which we advert; and cry out, what more is to be said ? It would be admitted that giving drink to an inveterate drunkard' would allay for a moment the craving of his appetite; but it would not follow that the temporary relief thus afforded, would be substan tially, and in the end, a benefit to him. And so with regard to an abolition of corn duties ; we may concede that it would supply a temporary stimulus to trade, and by that means some partial relief to existing distress; but the question yet remains far as ever unsettled, whether this remedy would or would not be a danger ous and unadvisable one, and, in the end, only a deep and serious aggravation of evils? The real question is, would it be safe and far-seeing of the British statesman to give up the domestic source of maintaining the peo ple, and to cover the land with factories ? This, we may say, would promote trade, and increase population at a rapid rate ; but what would be the consequence if this stimulated and stimulating process should, after a few years, come to a sudden stop ? Consider, then, how infinitely worse would the state of things be. We should then be absolutely and entirely at the mercy of the stranger ; we should have our manufacturing popu lation perhaps doubled, and no resource left either for their employment or provision. It is fearful to con template a state of disorganization and calamity on so stupendous a scale. There may be a temptation in the scheme of relaxed corn duties, for with man it is diffi cult, as our great lexicographer has said, to make "the distant and the future predominate over the present ;" but it is the temptation only of a temporary and un wise gratification. The question in its true simplicity is this, will you turn England into a great factory mill —will you destroy her agriculture, and render her en tirely dependent on foreigners for the absolute neces saries of life ? Will you still drive on the artificial state with the experience you have already had of the wide-spread evil which attends even its least derange ment ? A Mr. Curtis from Ohio, United States, was put forward at the Conference to tell the ministers, and of course the world at large, of the immense food resources of America,—of the inexhaustible riches of the great Valley of the Mississippi, and of the pro digious mine of agricultural wealth generally possessed by the federal government; and he spoke of the willingness of America to take our manufactures in exchange for her corn and flour ; he also said, that by dealing for grain with the Northern States, we should be aiming a blow at the slavery of the Southern States, who at present hold the northern in vassalage, in con sequence of our dealing so largely with them for cotton. But this American spouter did, in our mind, greatly over-do his part. As well might you describe the ocean to a man labouring under hydrophobia, as at tempt to moderate the just alarm of the British farmer by talking to him of the " great Valley of the Missis sipi3" what other effect could it have upon him, but to require you more earnestly than ever to close your ports firmly against so overwhelming an invasion. Oh, but says the crafty American, we will take your commodities in exchange. We ask who made Mr. Curtis plenipo to the Conference ? Where are his credentials ? " Whatever may be our legislature," says a London Contemporary, and we agree with the remark, "it will have no effect on American man ufactures : there is a determination in the Northern States of the Union to manufacture for themselves and their country, which will overturn all obstructions, should they even emanate from Congress itself." But free trade by enlarging our dealings with the Northern States would be a blow at slavery in the Southern ! How ? Surely the more we increase our manufactured cotton exports to the Northern States, the more need we shall have of the slave-cultivated raw cotton of the Southern, and consequently the more we shall en courage the slave system which they carry on. Oh fie, Mr. Curtis, we really are amazed at you ; how could you think of deceiving the poor, simple-minded, slavery-hating ministers, in so gross a manner ? We shall return to the ghostly argumentation, ridiculous as it is ; but we cannot close for the present, without observing that from reverend men we never met so many parts of speech, and speeches, which to us, appeared downright irreverend, indecent, and pro fane. "If an angel were to come down from heaven" said a Rev. Mr. Berry, "to .declare that it was right to tax the poor man's bread, to put high rents into the pockets of the landowners, I would reply, Go home again to your celestial regions ; you don't understand our affairs on earth.' "—(Laughter.) Another spoke of John the Baptist as a " teetotaller ;" but no re monstrance that we, or others, might make on such levity, could, we presume, have any effect, for another said, "To those who complained of our politics he would say, that there were those who were politically religious, but we know what it was to be religiously political. This was a day of scarecrow's ; and our opponents put up the scarecrow of political ministers' to frighten us, and they frightened those who had no souls ; but they did not frighten us." In shmrt, a pack of more irreverend, profane, and as far as they might be, mischievous incendiaries, we have never met" with; but with such arguments as they have put .forth, shallow and worthless as they are, we would wish to deal fairly, and we shall return to the subject. THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN AND OURSELVES Our contemporary of the Manchester Guardian is well known amongst his fellow-towsrnen as claiming to exercise a supremacy, both of opinion and of information, upon all matters connected with the trade of the district which he illuminates. A glance at his columns will generally inform us with respect to the particular opinions which prevail with the strongest body of his readers—for the Guardian is a little fond of being on the warm side of the hedge ; and we are at once enabled to ascertain whether, for the time being, the chamber of commerce or the league, the moderate or the ultra body of commercial reformers, is uppermost, and whether the currency or the corn-laws is the prevailing hindrance to commercial prosperity. At present, it seems that the league is most in favour, and its anti-corn-law nos trums the most palatable to the Manchester cottonocracy ; and, although we do remember a time when the currency doctors of the chamber being in force, the Guardian was a little disposed to throw up its heels at the gentlemen of the league, yet we are not at all surprised to observe our con temporary at present very composedly eating up his then acknowledged opinions, and sailing, with due forgetfulness of all save present expediency and ease, in the wake of that body which has " ruffled itself" into the leading place. In a late publication, it seems, we crossed our contempo rary's path by directing the attention of our readers to the fact—perhaps an unpalatable one—that a great portion of the embarrassments at present complained of in the manu facturing districts, and of the individual failures which are daily paraded before our eyes, is attributable to the reckless baste with which the power of production has been increased within the last ten years and the inordinate eagerness with which individual manufacturers have pressed forward in the race for sudden and great commercial gains. In corrobora tion of this view of the subject, we referred to a statement of Lord Sandon, made during the recent election in Liver pool, which showed that during the past ten years the cotton manufacture alone had sustained an increase of 82 per cent., the weekly consumption of cotton having been, in 1831, 16,513 bags, whilst in 1840 it bad reached to 30,089 bags. Such a statement it may well be conceived was calculated seriously to impede the endeavours of the anti-corn -law league and its organs to attribute the whole of our existing manufacturing distress to the operation of the corn-laws ; and it might, perhaps unpleasantly, remind the Guardian 41F Wig 7441141 g, Pr POW"' by himalf, its then organ, to a totally different causes vi?, the action of the Bank of England upon the currency. Our contemporary therefore sets himself forthwith to the task of impugning the correctness of a statement so detrimental to the vrai-semblqnce of his present line of argument. " What Lord Sandon may have asserted," remarks our contemporary; and the somewhat impertinent italics are his own—" it is not for us to say ; but we are quite sure he did not prove that the consumption of cotton in the year 1840 was 30,089 bags, or anything like that quantity. The deli veries from the ports during that year amounted. as appears from the annnal circular of the Liverpool United Brokers, to 24,721 bales. But there is no doubt whatever that these deliveries considerably exceeded the consumption ; and we are quite satisfied that the quantity actually used was rather under than over 24,000 hales per week, instead of 30,089, making the increase in 10 years 45 per cent. instead of 82, as stated by the Liverpool Standard." Our contemporary concludes, " we have been induced to allude to the statement of the Standard, because appearing as it does in a Liverpool paper, where parties connected with the public press ought to know something about cotton, it will very likely be copied and commented upon as being un questionably true, and will be accepted as fact by that large class of persons who do not give themselves the trouble of investigating statements of the kind." Now we really must complain a little of the disingenuous ness of the Guardian, although we cannot accuse him of actual perversion of fact. The statement from which we quoted, but of which unfortunately we did not quote the whole—as we should have done undoubtedly had we been aware that we should bring against u' an antagonist so un scrupulous in seizing hold of seeming errors as is the Man chester Guardian—is, nevertheless, strictly correct. We now give the whole, not only in justice to Lord Sandon, whose accuracy, along with our own, the Guardian impugns, but as well to afford the reader an illustration of the fairness of an anti-corn-law organ. The statement of Lord Sandon, as contained in our publication of June 22, is as follows; — "Quantity of cotton wool taken for home consumption during the last ten years, reduced to bags of one 'uniform weight of 3001bs: per bag—say per week. In 1831.... 16,513 bags in 1832.... 17,138 bags. 1833.... 18,330 „ in 1831.... 18,756 „ 1835 1837 1839. 20,088 „ 23,478 „ 23,068 „ in 183 G. in 1838, in 1840, 22,239 ~ 27,438 ~ 30,089 „ making an increase of 82 per cent. within ten years." Undoubtedly our contemporary would not have been afforded his opportunity of sneezing at the accuracy, either of his Lordship or ourselves, had we mentioned in our article the fact that the quantities mentioned were calculated to bags of 300 pounds weight. Our object, however, was to show only comparative consumption, and had it suited his purpose to consult truth only, instead of the achievement of a temporary triumph, the Guardian would perhaps have dis covered that the consumption in actual bags as imported is overstated in 1831 as in 1840, although not, owing to causes with which he is well acquainted, to a similar extent. Our contemporary is perfectly aware, that if the consumption in 1840 was in bags, as imported, the precise number as in 1831, that fact would not show that a large increase of consump tion had not taken place, arising from the largely increased weight of a bag of cotton now imported, as compared with the weight in 1831 ; and it was surely a little unwise in him to venture upon his flourish of superior knowledge of the subject, whilst suppressing this fact. Perhaps, however, we do our contemporary wrong in im puting to him auy knowledge of the subject before him, be yond what is contained in " the annual circular of the Liver- pool United Brokers." We have never, upon other subjects, observed him to go very much below the surface ; and for gentlemen who are in the habit so frequently of changing their views of public matters, it is perhaps the safest and most prudent course. With people who do occasionally en quire, the opinion of such an oracle as the Guardian has fre quently proved himself to be, does not, fortunately, carry much weight, although its statement of any fact, in suppor of a popular delusion, " may undoubtedly be accepted by that large class of persons who do not give themselves the trouble of investigating statements of the kind." We are compelled to disbelieve the reason assigned by our contemporary as having induced him to bestow any portion of his valuable space and time upon ourselves. It was scarcely, we think, his anxiety that any supposed error in the statement in our columns, with respect to the increased consumption of cot• ton in the manufacturing districts, should " be copied anc commented upon as being unquestionably true ;" for we are sorry to observe that such statements, however conducive to the purpose of throwing light upon subjects which are studi ously enveloped in delusion by designing and interested people, are not listened to with half the unction with which furious party appeals, and reckless assertion, directed in a line with popular prejudice, are swallowed. We rather think that it was the strong pertinency of our remarks in a previous portion of the article, in which the statement in question was contained, which brought our contemporary " to the rescue" of the kite-flying portion of the manufacturing body, and that the statement itself, which has been now two months before the public, was only attacked because an unimportant omis sion afforded an opportunity to an experienced controversial tactician of creating a temporary diversion in their favour. LOCAL NEWS. We beg to recommend visitors to Manchester to Mrs. Hall's. Blue Boar. We believe it is one of the most com fortable establishments in the town. CERRITO.—THEATRE ROYAL.—The charming little me teor Cerrito continues to dazzle and delight numerous audi ences, and, certainly, a more brilliant star has not sparkled before us for many a night. The Greek pas de deux is a most elaborate and finished performance, and does infinite credit both to Cerrito and Guerra. The former approaches nearer to her great predecessor Taglioni in that, than any dance we have yet seen her execute. Cerrito reminds us very much of lierberle in her style, but her rapidity, and the celerity with which she executes her figures, we have never seen approached. The Italian Opera Company appear for the second time this evening. It is a great treat, indeed, to hear their splendid voices. The house will be brilliantly attended. SUSPECTED INCENDIARISM.—On Thursday and Friday last an investigation took place before. Mr. Rushton, touch ing a series of extraordinary fires which had, on the prece ding day, been discovered at different times in three apart ments of the house of the Misses Preston, three maiden ladies who keep a boarding school in Chesterfield -street, op posite St. James's Church. Suspicion, in the first instance, fell on Ellen Donolly, a girl, aged about 14, the youngest of two female servants, but in the course of the examination it appeared to Mr. Rushton, that she could not be the guilty party, and she was liberated and received as a witness. The elder servant, Catherine Redman, who had attended as a witness, was taken into custody and placed at the bar. It appeared from the evidence, that the girls had lived in the service of the abovementioned ladies about six weeks. On Wednesday morning, about nine o'clock, as Miss Preston was passing from the breakfast-room to the school-room, she saw smoke issuing from the apartment of her sister. She pushed open the door and saw a blaze arise from a corner of the bed. She gave the alarm, and, assistance being called, the fire was extinguished. About twelve o'clock a fire was discovered in the closet of the same room, which was extin guished by a plentiful application of water. Between three and four o'clock another alarm of fire was raised, and it was found that the straw which had been placed to stop the chim ney of the school-room was in a blaze. This was also, with much labour, extinguished. Between six and seven o'clock, Miss Preston was informed that her own room was on fire. The rooms had been previously carefully examined by a char woman who had been called in, and no appearance of the former fires remained. The last fire appears to have been the most dangerous. Several persons were called in, and they had much trouble in extinguishing it. The damage done altogether is said to amount to about £5O. The affair is still involved in mystery. No evidence to fix the crime upon the prisoner has yet been produced, but it was averred, that the younger servant was not throughout the day near any of the rooms. The prisoner was remanded. On Satur day she was again placed at the bar, where the depositions of the witnesses, which had been reduced to writing, were, with the exception of that of one of the Misses Preston, who is indisposed, were read over. The evidence was very volu minous, but it could scarcely be called more than a minute detail of the circumstances attending the discoveries of the fires and the means taken to extinguish them. The sum of the case against the prisoner at present may be said to amount to this, that it was not easy to see how any but she could have committed the crime. She stands remanded for one week, in consequence of the illness of Miss Preston. THE REV. HUGH WNEILE AT LIMERICK.—On Sunday last, the justly celebrated Rev. Hugh M'lsTeile, of Liverpool, preached at the Asylum Episcopal Chapel, which was very much crowded to hear this eminently gifted divine, and great has been the disappointment and regret that it was not more generally known throughout the city and neighbourhood, th at this first of Christian ministers and apostolic orators wa. N to occupy a pulpit in our city ; and the question now eve' ywhere is, " Will he return ?" " Will he make this his way back from Killarney ?" &c. His text was taken from the w ord of God, addressed by Paul to the Galatians, Ist ch. 3 and I v.—" Grace be to you, and peace from God the Fa ther, ar, , d from our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins,• that he might deliver us from this present evil world, ac.tording to the will of God and our Father." Upon this text .the learned divine was, for he could not be other wise than t owerful, in the energetic enthusiasm of his de scription of that love which induced the Blessed Saviour to give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, but also from another and worse world, to which the ca'. - eless, the profane votaries of this globe are hastening, and Mat is Hell, amongst whom he classed those who, he said, would, like the poor deluded Roman Catholics, make a bargain with God, as if anything they could do would entitle them to that salvation which can alone be had through the atoning blood of the Lamb of God, the only mediator between God and elan—" the man Christ Jesus." We cannot, in the brief notice of a sermon, which we trust will never be forgotten by those who heard it, and we know will not be forgotten by so me—we cannot forbear alluding to the tenderness, sympathy , . and Christian affection with which he spoke of this slavish degradation in which the millions of his poor, suffering and ,deluded Roman Catholic fellow countrymen were held by those who call themselves their spiritual guides, and then the earnestness with which he en joined upo n hi s h earers the duty of visiting them, and car rying from house to house the message of mercy and salva tion through a crucified Saviour, notwithstanding they might receive the rude repulse, still they are to persevere ; " but at all events you should pray for them." We wish that every Roman Catholic, aye and every Protestant in the Kingdom had heard this sermon ; it would prove to the fo rmer h ow tenderly they are cared for by this Christian man, whom they are taught to despise, if not hate and abhor; and it would still more solemnly impress upon the latter how far they come short of that holiness without which no m an can see the Lord. Our readers will not esteem it amiss if we inform them that the Rev. Hugh M`Neile is son to the lat e em i nen t banker of that name in Ballycastle, in the county Antrim, and is married to the fourth daughter of the late Archbishop Magee, of Dublin ; he has , been long celebrated as a very powerful orator, and in England is known by the name of the Irish Lion amongst the polemic debators ; he i s i n h e i g ht about six feet ; his hair which was black, is now, it may be said, prematurely gray : no whiskers ; a f ace w ith ou t a wrinkle ; mild, manly , and dignified in his aspect ; his voice is clear, musical, and distinct, capable of great power of ex pansion and compression. — Limerick Chronicle, PR7dr, igiqf.FFT dont oP thpday iht — illetztratiotu arc inima BARON DE CossoN's PlCTUREG.—Connoisseurs who have not visited this very excellent collection, and selected specimens from it, should not lose any time, as the remaining pictures, amongst which are some very good ones, will be removed on the 25th instant. THE WASHINGTON HOTEL.—At this excellent establish ment, so eligibly situated, every convenience and comfort will be found. To those engaged in the assizes it offers peculiar advantages. BEGGING.—A rather well dressed female, named Margaret Shaw, was, yesterday, brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of begging through a petition which contained some genuine signatures, (amongst others,) to donations. She had gone with this to the office of the gentleman who ap peared against her. She had before been brought up for the same offence, and was committed for three months to gaol. CRICKET MATCII.—A long contested cricket match finally came off on Thursday, the 20th instant, between the Ken sington and Olympus Cricket Clubs, on the ground of the former, at Kensington, the Olympus beating by a majority of two, and four wickets to go down. The total numbers were, Olympus, 106 ; Kensington, 104. LIFE INSURANCE.—The benefits of life assurance are too well known to need remark from us. We feel convinced that the advantages offered by the " United Kingdom Asso ciation" will be readily made available by prudent and thoughtful people. MARCUS'S CIGAR DEPOT.—We perceive that the authori ties have moved the postoffiee branch receiving house from Mr. Willmer's to Mr. Marcus's, opposite. This excellent situation will be found highly-convenient to the public. If the corporation would only be kind enough to widen Parker street, an immense improvement would be effected. From the greatness of the thoroughfare, it is a disgrace that it should remain in its present state so long. BURGLARY FROM A SHOP.—Robert Robinson, a young man, was, yesterday, charged at the Police-conrt with having broken into one of the shops belonging to Mr. Jeffrey, i❑ Price's-street, and stolen therefrom a quantity of articles. his property. It appeared that William Sheelds, a boy in the employment o: Mr. Jeffrey, slept over one of the shops, which he locked up on Saturday night, at 10 minutes before 12 o'clock. He shortly afterwards heard a crash in the slates, and saw a man running down the entry with some pieces of ribbon flying out of his trowsers pocket. The watchman also heard a prop give way, and saw a man run off without his hat. The alarm was given, and a young man, an assistant of Mr. Jeffrey's, who happened to be in the vicinity. persued the delinquent, whom he saw without a hat, and succeeded in placing him in custody of the police. The last witness found that slates had been removed from the roof, making an opening sufficient to admit the body of a man ; and the prisoner, when apprehended, had upon him eight pairs of stockings, five silk handkerchiefs, a piece of linen of 35 yards, and other articles. The prisoner also threw from him into the street a quantity of ribbons, and some articles of drapery were found on the roof of the building. He declined to say anything in his defense, and was com mitted for trial at the sessions. THEFT BY A SERVANT FROM HER MISTRESS.—A ser vant woman, named Ann Caffrey, was yesterday placed at the bar of the Police-court, on a charge of having stolen a considerable sum of money, the property of her master. Mrs. Taylor, wife of George Taylor, gardener, Lambert-street, stated, that at eleven o'clock yesterday, (Sunday) forenoon, she placed her pocket, which contained three divisions, on the sofa in the kitchen. It then contained, in one division, £lO, in sovereigns and half-sovereigns, about 30s. in silver in another division, and 4s. in silver in the third. There was no person in the house at the time but the prisoner and herself. In about ten minutes she went for her pocket, and found that the gold was all gone. A policeman was called in, who found six half-sovereigns in a drawer in Mrs. Taylor's bed-room, one sovereign and six half-sovereigns behind some plates in the plate-rack, and afterwards half-a-sovereign in the bottom of a basin of jelly. The prisoner was committed for trial. PROCESSION OF ODD FELLOWS.—Yesterday the annual procession of the Ancient United Order of Odd Fellows (enrolled by act of parliament) took place, when they pro ceeded through, the leading streets of the town, and their appearance waslaighly interesting and respectable. They are a numerous body, and were dressed in their best attire, with handsome blue sashes, edged with rosettes, and bearing numer ous banners and regalia, they looked remarkably well. There were many bands of music, and we observed several handsome and appropriate flags, some of them apparently new. Amongst these latter, one with the figures of St. George and the Dra gon upon it, belonging to Lodge 458, was, from the richness of the material, and the beauty of the painting, an object of general admiration, as were also their insignia and dispensa tion. The procession was much admired, and the day's pro ceedings passed off with much eclat. We regret that the crowded state of our columns, with assize intelligence, pre cludes us from particularizing to the extent we could have wished. In the evening the members of the several lodges re tired to their respective lodge rooms, and, after dining together, enjoyed themselves in the most friendly manner—truly " the feast of reason and the flow of soul." At a reasonable hour, " Each took off their different way, Resolv'd to meet some other day." FIRE AT SEA : SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.—The Ant sailed, on Saturday week, from this port for Milford, and on Sunday night arrived off the harbour of the latter port. The master, Captain James, having safely moored the vessel, re tired to bed, as did the crew. At about two o'clock in the morning, a pilot, named Phillip, in sailing past the vessel in the smack, the Mary Ellen, was greatly surprised in dis covering flames bursting forth through the deck, and ap parently no one on board of her. He immediately brought his vessel alongside of the brig, and got on board, when, on going forward, he found the crew in the forecastle asleep and unconscious of the danger. They were instantly aroused, when means were adopted to stop the ravages of the fire, but before that was accomplished, a period of two hours and up wards, the after part of the vessel was nearly burnt out. At one time the destruction of the vessel appeared certain, as the flames communicated to the mainsail boom, and the greater part of the rigging was enveloped in a blaze. On the following day the agents of Lloyd's, stationed at Milford, inspected the burnt vessel, as well as examined the master and the crew, and from his report there appears no doubt that the fire originated from the spontaneous combustion of some damp straw in a crate of hardware stowed amongst the cargo in the after part of the vessel. The vessel and cargo are fully insured. STEALING FOR REVENGE.—Joseph Chadwick, a sawyer, was, on Saturday last, placed before Mr. Rushton, charged with having stolen a saw, the property of Hugh M`Donald, also a sawyer. Hugh M`Donald stated, that he worked in the same pit with his brother John. At a quarter past six o'clock on Friday night last, lie placed his saw in its usual place under a shed. Next morning, when he went to his work, he found his frame broken to pieces, and his saw had disappeared. Police-officer Skillicorn stated, that on the preceding night, at half-past ten o'clock, he saw the prisoner dropping from the wall which surrounds the pit. He saw him place a saw under his arm, with which he was walking off, when he (Skillicorn) arrested him. He was delivered to the custody of police-officer Delahurst, to whom he said the saw belonged to two " black sheep", and he thought it no sin to deprive them of it. He would be revenged upon them, if he waited seven years for it. It appeared that the prose cutor has been much persecuted by the sawyers belonging to the union. He is minus an eye, of which he was deprived by a quantity of vitriol being thrown at his face. The pri soner said nothing in his defence. Mr. Rushton said this was another instance of the folly and wickedness of those who wished to deprive others of the right to live by the fruits of their honest labour. POPULATION RETURNS.—The following are the retur within the superintendent registrar's district for Birkel head : Males. Females. Total Birkenhead . . 3,792 4,425 8,217 Tranmere Wallasey . Eastham Neston Woodchurch Hilbre Island. . . ll 8 W Hospital for Quarantine .... 37 ~ Lock-ups, Birkenhead..... ..... 6 Union Workhouse, Poulton cum-Spittle 27 24 Total 31,532 ALARMING COLLISION IN THE RIVER. — On Friday fore noon, the fine New York ship Westchester, Captain Ferris, got under weigh from the river, with a strong breeze from the south. As she passed the north entrance to the Prince's Dock Basin, about a ship's length from the pierhead, a sloop of 80 or 90 tons burthen, just out of dock, under full sail, attempted to cross her bow ; but she failed, and became en tangled with her jib-boom and gear, and the unfortunate little vessel was immediately upset. She floated up the river keel upwards. The accident was so sudden that it seemed impossible that the crew of the sloop could be saved ; but several boats were in attendance, and picked up those who were floating, and one or two others saved themselves by climbing up the bow of the ship. The Westchester lay by for a time, to render what assistance was necessary, and then proceeded to sea. • • MR. JOHN MARTIN'S P AINTINGS.—Much as has been said of these wonderful productions, which may now be seen at the Union Gallery, Slater-street, their own merits will, we think, be found in ample justification of all. Excessive praise bestowed upon mediocre works is sure to defeat its object, by raising expectations which must be disappointed; but, in the case of these truly sublime pictures of Mr. Mar tin's, expectation is certain to fall short of the great reality. No one but him who is utterly devoid of all imagination, all sueceptibility of beauty and grandeur, can possibly look upon these noble productions without astonishment and delight. We are glad to learn that the lovers of art in Liverpool are aware how rich a treasure how rich a treasure is now offered to their gaze, and are anxiously taking advantage of it. As an artist, we incline to think, that Martin will, in the esti mation of posterity, stand proudly eminent above all his contemporaries, as Milton now stands above the petty rhymesters, who, in that day, were more popular than he. Of such a painter England may be proud. POCKET PlCKlNG.—Terence Maloney, Chas. Reid Reid, and Thomas Croft, were brought before the police magistrate, charged with pocket-picking in the street. The case was proved, and Maloney was committed for one month, and the other two, who were the major offenders, for three months each. Three bricklayers, all young men, Slinger, Hoskisson, and Lunt, were next brought on for the same offence, in Great Charlotte-street. The first turned out to be the thief, and the other two to have attempted to rescue him from the police. Slinger was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, and the others to pay 20s and costs, or to be imprisoned 14 days. WEBB'S CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RAILWAY MAP— WEBB, LIVERPOOL.—Our townsman Mr. Wareing Webb, has just sent us a very handsomely got up and most carefully executed, as well as accurate map of the central and northern counties, with the railroads marked upon it as at present in operation. The stations are all noticed. We may safely pronounce this to be one of the most useful as well as the neatest pocket maps ever published. To railway travellers and mercantile men it will be invaluable. It ought to be termed a vade mecum. THE WALTON BAZAAR.—The utmost excitement is felt on the subject of the fete, which, it is expected, will be beyond precedent attractive. Every opportunity has been adopted to give eclat to the affair, and we believe that the committees have been occupied " from norn till dewy eve" in completing and perfecting the various arrangements. If the weather prove fine, one of the most exhilarating scenes will be witnessed in Mr. Skirving's grounds, to-morrow and the following day, ever witnessed in this part of the country. St. Swithin s reign is over to-day, so that to-morrow must be fine—at least we will hope so. If the sun shines not, numbers of eyes will be there to brighten the scene, to mag netise and charm the purchasers of the beautiful articles to be exhibited for sale.—Correspondent. THEFT FROM AN EMPLOYER. — Yesterday, at the Police court, two youths, James Newell and Wm. Braddock, were placed at the bar on a charge of having stolen a quantity of lead from Mr. Williams, plumber, &c. Great Charlotte street, whose apprentices they are. Mr. Williams stated, that on Saturday, shortly after twelve o'clock, he observed the prisoner Newell going do wn G rea t Ch ar l o tt e - s t r eet, and the other prisoner, Braddock, going in the opposite direction from the shop. It was their dinner hour, and both of them ought to have gone down the street. He went to Braddock, and observed something bulky about his person. He felt something hard at his sides, detained him, and called the other prisoner back. On opening their waistcoats, he found on them lead, which he afterwards identified as his property, and which weighed 32 pounds, and worth about six shillings. They were both committed for trial at the sessions. 4T/TPA 4111 - 4 PAPMES4Pii !rids grata baaaar and promenade (under Royal end till.- pinguished patronage) will commence to-morrow, and will be eoptinued on the following day, in the beautiful nursery and garden grounds of Mr. Skirving, in the immediate neighbour hood of Walton Church, for the renovation and improvement of which—one of the most interesting places of worship in this locality—the proceeds are to be devoted. The prepara tions made are on a most extensive and judicious scale, and, whether as regards the abundance and variety of the articles that will be exposed for sale, useful and ornamental—the attractions of the fair vendors, or the charming luxuriance of the gardens, the whole of which are replete with the finest and rarest productions in which the admirers of horticultural productions take delight—or the praiseworthy and altogether unexceptionable obiect in view —,the exhibition will undoubt edly be the most interesting ever witnessed in this locality, and will combine the pleasures of a fancy fair with those of a splendid fete chapipetre. Several excellent bands of music will he stationed in various parts of the gardens, which present a rare combination of the beauties of Sylvia and Flora, and the attendance of the elite and fashionable of the town and neighbourhood, will give animation to the scene, in itself varied and delightful. We have visited the grounds, and a brief preliminary ac count of their variety and extent, and of the accommoda tions provided, will, we trust, be acceptable to the •mass of our readers. The visitors will enter by the principal gate, at the lodge and seed warehouse, on the east side of the Walton high road, where the company who arrive in carriages will alight. Proceeding thence by the old avenue of sycamores leading to Mr. Skirving's residence, " Spella Hall," a plain but neat building " of the olden time," they will pass under a tri umphal arch, between the two first trees, formed centrally by a royal standard, supported by evergreens and flowers. Other national flags will be tastefully disposed at different points, to guide to the tents and the principal promenades. On the left of the second gate, and between it and the ivy mantled barn, a handsome decorated tent will first be seen, to be appropriated for confectionary, &c., to be served by ladies. The barn and the contiguous stabling, &c., also covered with ivy. are fine old buildings, and form two sides of a square, within which is another tent, for more substan tial refreshments, twenty yards in length, by ten in breadth, and calculated to accommodate from four to five hundred individuals. Several sheds under one of the buildings have also been cleared out and fitted up, to afford shelter to the company in the event of a passing shower. The second gate front these buildings, southward, leads to an extent of twelve acres of fine nursery ground, planted with shrubs and ever greens of various kinds, and intersected by walks crossing each other at right angles. The fine protecting hedges on each side of these walks resemble the side scenes of a theatre ; and the church and mansions of Everton, rising over the trees, on the northern acclivity of the hill, form an agreeable termination of the vista to the south. The gate at the top of the avenue leads on to the lawn and in pleasure grounds that front the house on the north, and in which are fixed in picturesque and isolated positions the tents for the fancy fair. Two of these are on the left of the promenade, and two in front of the house, all shaded by the stately sycamores on the lawn, and backed by the luxuriant and variegated foliage of the shrubberies. Some rare and beautiful evergreen exotics—the productions of the nursery —are disposed around them with admirable effect. The tents are each twenty-one feet in length and thirteen feet in width. Passin g the front of the house and turning to the north, a path through a rustic piece of rock-work, covered with ivy, fern, and heather, overshadowed by weeping elms and willows, leads the visitor to a portion of the pleasure grounds which as regards the taste with which it is laid out, may challenge comparison with any spot of similarly circum scribed extent in the kingdom. The variegated shrubbing is indented so as to form delightful and apparently intermi nable little bays or glades, the green sward resembling the course of a river with its numerous tributaries. On the north, the walk passes under an artificial arch so admirably constructed of stone, cement, &c, as to appear to be a rem , nant of some ancient edifice, the well defined masonry of which has, so far, defied the rude assaults of many a winter's storm. On the left side of the walk two ladies' tents are erected ; and on the right in a more isolated and retired po sition, stands another. When it is " high 'change" at these delightful marts, the visitors will be reminded of the captiva ting descriptions of the ancient poets of " sylvan nymphs and vales of Arcadie." On the west the peaks of the old outbuildings peeping over the trees enhance the general pic turesque effect. Within a circular iron fence may here be seen the dark green " Auricaria Imbricata," or Chili pine tree, a highly ornamental plant introduced of late years into this country. Here are also several fine specimens of the Irish yew. In the ruined or rustic archway alluded to. in which even the strata of the stone arc distinguishable, a num ber of flower-pots are worked in so as to be concealed in the masonry. These contain appropriate plants and flowers, — fuchsias, verbenas, yuccas, &c., and patches of natural moss complete the illusion. Beyond it, two weeping elms form a shady arch; and running northward a distance of two hun dred yards, are a number of broad walks, intersected by others at right angles. These will form the principal prome nades, and the whole ground (many acres in extent) is di vided into compartments by high intersecting hedges, and is replete with the choicest flowers, shrubs, fruit-trees, &c, exotic and indigenous. We observed some fine training walls, and beyond them (within a wall enclosure), a large col lection of fine standard roses, many of which are yet in full bloom, though the season is so far advanced. Passing fur ther on towards Walton church, may be seen large beds of forest trees, of from one to two years old. These, at a dis tance, resemble grass fields,—yet are destined in their future growth to become stately forests in the landscape far and near. The experimental grasses, and many varieties of tur nips and other field productions, will also interest the agri culturist. In some breadths of these the extraordinarily fertilizing properties of the " guano," or vulture manure from South America, are gratifyingly observable. The col lection of American and bog plants, in compartments, along the sides of one of the principal walks is very fine ; as is that of China roses, rhododendrons, variegated hollies, juni pers, yews, Cubas, arbutus, arbor vita:, &c. Near the standard roses are two large beds of dahlias, containing many thousand plants. Those on the west side, supported by triangles of bamboo cane, are furthest advanced, and in clude many rich and beautiful varieties. The peach-trees in training will be much admired,—and the florist will remark a fine bed of the Fararia pavonia, or tiger lily. Close to the dahlias is a fine light iron trellis, for the training of trees, eight feet in height, from the manufactory of Mr. Peake, of this town. Amongst the bog plants will be noticed fine va rieties of kalmias, azaleas, and rhododendrons. The walks, which are smooth and broad, are all neatly edged with box wood. On the west side of a cart or carriage -road, leading north from the old buildings, are beds of auricarias, roses, and honeysuckles, in pots, &c., and near these squares and pits containing alaternus, sweet bays, American hollies, Chi nese roses, in sorts, and vines. On the side of the crossing walk near the buildings, are cedars of Lebanon, magnolias, Canadian pines, and the Nepaul pine (pinus excelsa), or deo dora,—the last worshipped by the easterns, who construct their temples of its remarkably durable wood. This tree grows in its native country 2,000 feet above the level of the sea. The show of carnations will attract much notice. The greenhouses, two in number, and the hothouse in the centre of one of them, are on the south side of the house. In these there are different varieties of greenhouse plants, including a large number of natives of South America—a continent abounding in botanical treasures, many of which, from the table lands and mountains, are of a hardy nature, and flourish in this country in great perfection. The show of geraniums is superb, spewing in size of bloom and splen dour of colour a decided contrast to the same favourite kind of flowers some years ago—the effect of improved cultiva tion. The collection of fuchsias is very fine, including a rich specimen of the Fuchsia corimbifirora, with large pen dant flowers in bunches. The leaves are very large, some of them apparently eight inches long. We observed in the gardens in which the greenhouses stand a great variety of herbaceous plants, principally in full bloom. Here there is also a fine row f the Auricaria excelsa. or Norfolk Island pine, a beautiful feathery variety of the class. The Cape of Good Hope and New Holland plants are also in a thriving condition. Here, too, is a specimen of the Pilaus excelsa, trom the Himalayan mountains, the tallest of the tribe, and which in its native climate attains a height of 230 feet. The hothouse, in the middle of the south greenhouse, contains a number of rare and curious plants. Amongst them we observed two specimens of the Chinese lilies. in troduced into Europe by the celebrated Dr. Seibold. One of these, a white lily, is now in bloom, and is very beautiful; the other, which is coloured, is just burstir ' , into blossom. There are many fine walks in the grounds, adorned with plants and flowers, and shaded by trees ; as well as a large extent of nursery ground on the west side of the Walton road, from many parts of which extensive land and marine prospects are obtained ;—but we reserve further details until our next publication, when we will furnish a full account of the fete, and the objects that more peculiarly attract atten tion. We cannot, however, conclude without repeating our conviction that, should the weather be favourable, the Wal ton bazaar wilt present one of the most delightful and inter esting scenes that has ever been witnessed in this neighbour hood. THE MANCHESTER lIODGE PODGE; OR, THE DEATH OF COCK ROBIN. With the slight alteration of " corn laws" for " cock ro bin," the following old and very popular poem is astonish ingly suitable for the present memorable events now taking place at Manchester. Who killed Cock Robin?— We, said the LEAGUE, In conference big, And we killed Cock Robin. Who saw him die ? I, said the PYE,* With my little eye, And I saw him die. Who caught his blood ? I, said old GAD—,t With countenance sad, And I caught his blood. Who made his shroud ? I, said Lord Doom, • And they call me Lord Goosey ; But I made his shroud. Who'll make his grave ? I, said M'KEKRow, With my spade and barrow, And I'll dig his grave. Who'll be undertaker ? I, said the QUAKER ; Although I'm a Shaker, I'll be undertaker. Who'll say the prayer ? The Priest he is there, And none of us dare, So we won't have a prayer. Who'll be the Clerk ? I, said little BisNEY ; Although I'm a ninney, I'll be the Clerk. Who'll carry the link ? I, said DICK Con — ,+ For I like a hot job, And I'll carry the link. Who'll toll the bell ? I, said JOHN BULL, e t a h n e M Mr. Gadsby. pull, mr. Cobden. ALE * Dr. A nßPdeyceauS h I'll smteoilltlbell. CHOKING OFF A LAWYER.—Th eis b est and most effectual k heck ever giv en to a verbose p ett i fogger, occurred in a well nown city, and within our knowledge as a fact. Much against a shrewd, pl a i n spo k en, stra i ght forwar d c itizen was his called from his business, and forced upon a jury, to pronounce verdict over some t r i v i a l p o i n t o f liti ga ti on . He sat some time patiently until they got the merits of the case, and saw that the matter was j us t wort h t h e toss o f a re d c ent, andfarworthier of b e i ng so d ec id e d t h an t h rust i nto a co urt of . justice. Yet a pedantic looking small lawyer got u p, having an ostentatious display of law books before him, and giving every indicatio n th at h e was go i ng to commence a prolix fanfaronade, a kind of forensic oratory, for which he was sometimes celebrated among the different courts of jus tice and other bars of the place. After several pompous hems and haws, he commenced—" Gentlemen of the jury" -7 " Look here," said our juryman, rising and pulling out his watch—" I've just one remark before you go on. if you talk more than five minutes I'll give my verdict against You • , Now you see the less you speak the setter." The lawyer took the hint, contented to be choked off, and was rewarded by the paltry verdict he wished to gain. —N. 0. Picayune.