The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-06-03 00:00:00

ti rotag June i ( bere, and Perf ° oral, C° r " Ir. Power . hews. o il iiidgvv3Y will inti';! act Blarney B iKEEP'Fi rOIiTUNo. of VAL" FAIR TSC t vith the greaxt, vioNDAY L ,'!of 3EOOI LO I' C ake an y ao ,stance 83G. neer at h i s stpon 2d s Majes t y al hill Croft,. Ireland," ; beggar ea e course' „ I , rsev ere o' , that he sa)~prd the 01011°°' n• it a' d , r to re turneu ;ouriel l t es, rr- )üble toest ce ssall Very 011 , 0 a Vil lai" b * o Of men e pu blic r use less Poe, ;al wil l i tic4 elf, le t )1 :: decide st" ane o t e e 4 °' SUM S r°- £29,800 0 l' 5,1 00 ° I 75, 0° 30,00 ° ° 36, 80 ° 0 ° 10,0 9 ° ° r IS °di°ll : few r oor , ;5 O f Co ; r o l10 0.1 "; he Ptlbil c ° 0 3,30 0 0 0 1 ,210 0 4 ' 832 0 ° z,: 310 0 0 ° ND S tj j; :610 13- TV " 171111gy' ~000 (1 0 5,40 0 0 0 1,50 0 0 0 1,15° 00 !,450> 614 no , e )r os t if, ve 0 1 d vot e d ;11 05 4% a wee 00 61 .! [50 40 In 11 0 4-C °111 : s pay th , ore er ; 611()11 cf e been -0,1 t " a rse rre 463 : o )str i°" is le 14 10 4. eir a oe; lo de v s : bet the II !: 05° 11 i d be P...% Fier JUNE 3, 1816. nice set you are! parliament," had been paid on account of Cie endow ment suit note• pending in the Rolls' Court!!! Bravo! ye enemies of jobbing and Corruption, what a Our readers will recollect that so recently as Tuesday List we quoted the sworn information of TIMOTHY JEVONS and THOMAS BOLTON, (Arcades arnbo, that is, unitarians both!) in which it is there set forth upon oath that the • present corporation are not parties, by collusio❑ or other wise, to the present suit before the MASTER of the ROLLS. This, of course, must be true, inasmuch as Master Tom- THY and Master THOMAS have sworn that it is; but ad mitting it to be true, how come the corporation to be voting £250 for a purpose in which they are not parties concerned ? Will the MAYOR or Mr. Councillor THOMAS BOLTON he kind enough to explain why and for what purpose this money has been granted ? Has the ATTOR NEY-GENERAL touched any of this coin ? or is it merely a loan to the disinterested TIMOTHY and THOMAS ? These are points which demand the earliest attention of all the parties interested. It will be seen by our re port of the proceedings, in this day's paper, that his lordship the MASTER of ROLLS, after being positively assured, takes for granted that the corporation are not collusively or in any way mixed up with the suit carried on in the names of JEVONS and BOLTON. But what will his lordshih think when the singular" mistake" about this £250 is pointed out to him ? In the admirable and elo quent speech of Mr. PEMBERTON, in defence of the late MAYOR and corporation, it will be seen that strong and Pungent allusions are made. to the collusive nature of the transaction, and also to the folly and extravagance of giving an enormous fee to a common lawyer, like Sir JOHN CAMPBELL, to exhibit himself in a court where lie never had any practice, and with the equity of which he is totally unacquainted. Bravo liberals! Murder will out in spite of your teeth, and before many days we shall have an opportunity of showing you to your constituents in your proper colours. Some kind friend, we know not whom, has sent us a very ingenious and comical book, which it would be illi beral on our part not to notice in a favourable review. The inhabitants of Liverpool, to whom we are so largely indebted, have a right to expect at our hands an early acknowledgment of the truly paternal kindness which is now exercised towards them by the amateur, but at the same time zealous committee, of public safety, the mem bers of which are the authors and directors of the new police. 'When the prevention or detection of crime can be effected by means the most simple, and at the same time so inob- trusive and polite—where property is guarded without any apparent rigour, and where the person is dealt with 3o tenderly, quite as much so as the child in the nursery —we cannot be sufficiently grateful to the wise and phi— lanthropic men who have constructed the machinery of so admirable a system. Some of the felicitous rules of this inimitable system it will be our duty to submit to public consideration by and ty. We have an intuitive respect for men in authority ; but at the same time it would only be a proof of our re- gard for them if we should take the liberty of pointing ut in what manner their good intentions savour more of inexperience —we do not say ignorance /—than of a mas terly acquaintance with the subject. In the harmony, therefore, of perfect liberality, we prcceed to our task. In the first place, we think the book should not have been printed at all—at least we thought so until we saw the names of " WALES and BAINEs" as printers affixed to its title page. The book emanates from the reformed corporation, and as the first of these very respectable printers was not deemed worthy a seat at the council board, after having presided over the watch and scaveng ing departments for several years, it is barely possible that the printing of the work has been conceded to him as a sort of salve to his wounded feelings. Do we call it a job ? Bless the man ! we have too much respect for Isis employers ! The book is entitled, "Instructions for the Liverpool Constabulary Force, by order of the Watch Committee:' It is divided into more sections than we have time to count, and some of its ...life') we Presume are intended to be explanations of police law, tire . aenvered -nuer.tue oume and seal - Of "JOHN HotmEs," who, questionless, is a person in authority. This "JOHN HotmEs," however, is, we suspect, only the foster parent , of the work. Its real author, we are told, is an amateur disciplinarian, who imbibed his earliest notions of moral and delinquent policy as usher in a boy's school, and who humanely thinks that he can sweep the cobwebs of adult 'frailty from the world at large as he did the errors of bird nesting and imperfect syntax from a secluded dormitory of sixteen feet by twelve in dimension. What a mis. take! The birch is not the marshal's baton ! He who has visited the interior of disorderly houses—has engaged in interesting colloquys with frail innocents—has held a dull mirror up to nature under a cloud—and listened gapingly to stories which the narrator must have laughed at, which common sense repudiates, and experience re jects—is, we fear, not exactly the philosopher to be ad ;mired or extolled, particularly when he leaps into the sta tistics of crime. But let this pass. The thieves who infest Liverpool and its environs must be greatly indebted to the author of this curious publication. They have to thank him for pointing out to them how they can overreach the police, how they can impose upon the " genteel Manners" of his favoured constabulary, and how they can use their sig nals to mislead them, and by misleading them the more -easily accomplish their professional purposes. In the excerpts which we propose giving Iron, this ex traordinary work, illustrative of the immense sagacity of `ieformers in office, we shall be guided by the utmost ten, Alertiess towards them. Still we must to a certain extent 'do our duty. At page 17 we find the following instruc tions to the constables : "A publican is subject to a severe fine if he allow a consta ble to remain in his house." We at once say, with all due submission, that this dic tum of the usher is not the law of England. If it were so, the law would be alike cruel and unjust. It is, how ever, one of those liberal attacks upon publicans which characterise the whole conduct of the unfledged Dogher iies who have been called into existence by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and hatched by the heat of the reform bill. Had the expounder of the law told the publicans how they could ascertain who was, and who was not, a policeman, the matter might have been clear enough ; or had he said to them, "you must not admit a policeman intoyour houses," they would have understood him ; but to tell them that the said policeman whom they m a y or may not know is not_to remain under certain penalties, he having once been admitted, is to visit them with. a punishment which ought to fall not upon the publican but the police man. However, this is Liverpool justice, and we beg the Publicans to bear it in mind at the next election. If this be not tyranny—if this be not making them the slaves of an arbitrary and ill-constructed police—if this be not de grading to every licensed victualler we do not under stand the object of the police instructions, or the meaning of the English language. At page 20, under the head of instructions to "Bride- Well keepers," we find the following order : "No cooking or domestic process must be carried on in the booking room, and persons calling upon the family of the Bride- Well keeper must not be allowed to loiter in this room." ! What this has to do with the duties of a police-officer We should like to hear Mr. WALMSLEY explain. The "domestic process" is, we suppose, a new term, but we are unable to translate it. Does he mean to say that the sound of chop steaks and rashers of bacon, in the process of frying, is to he unheard in the, domicile of the unfor tunate keeper, and that his family are only to be allowed to look at him through the bars ---to taste not, to touch hot, o smell only and exit ? If so mle pity the wretch With even £2OO a-year. But what does he mean by this ?--. "Strictly speaking it is the duty of the Bridevrell keepers to book all persons charged by a policeman ;. but they are to hear the case, and if the charge appear frivolous or improper, they are to recommen d th e cons t a bl e t o f orego i t. " ! Who is master here ? The policeman certainly, and not the Bridewell keeper, whose duty it is to Car' MC? ease ! The hearer of the ease is hound to hear, hot he 41 asizo'power-to decide. He is a judge without abihO- He is empnwered to decide whether the charge be " frivolous and improper," but if he decide in the affirma tive he has no power to release ..he accused, if the said policeman, being the accusing party, he of a different opinion ! What Monstrous nonsense is this ? A person is made an arbiter, but his authority is paralysed by the superior power of the accuser. This, we say, is gross tyranny. It is the inquisition revived. It is an appeal from PHILIP drunk to PHILIP sober, but the drunken PHILIP, the interested party in his own charge, is to have a veto upon the sober judgment of the other PHILIP ! None but a liberal reformer of the first water—an usher of the longest whip—a downright despot of a petty school, could ever have dreamed of such rigour and injustice! But let us be charitable. We do not believe that, in as far as these rules are concerned, the patron of them in Liverpool is obnoxious to the charge of originality. He must have borrowed them without understanding the re volting tendency of their operation in a free country. We believe that the operative police laugh at and openly disregard these instructions, and.if they are coun tenanced in so doing, the higher claims upon our regard has Mr. WHITTEy, the superintendent, as an intelligent man, in declining to recognise or enforce them. At page 29, we have an additional'and equally cu rious instructions to constables. It is there laid down that the most certain avenue - to promotion is by being " attentive, intelligent, and sober." The book proceeds to say, in reference to the constable, that, "Diligence is always in his power, the necessary intelligence is easily acquired, and to be sober requires only a firm resolution never to enter a public-house or accept liquor from any person whomsoever." This, to us, is a new theory of abstinence and sobriety, and although it may be congenial to the notions of an ethical usher it is destitute of the elementary symbols of truth. It is theory opposed to experience. It is the so briety merely of a poet's dream. Mr. \VHITTEY could inform the leading SOLON of the Police Committee, that it is a common thing with his countrymen to swear ne ver for a certain period to taste or touch spiritous liquor under a certain roof or in any house, but the rogue , who like a greater rogue, thus records his vow in heaven, has no hesitation in getting drunk in the open air, or be yond the threshold of the proscribed cabin. So may it be with the policeman. He may get intoxicated, and yet neither enter a public-house nor accept spirits from " any person whomsoever." We notice the sentiment- ality of the rule only to expose its absurdity and the sit. liness of its author. Men who make laws should be con versant with common sense, and know a little of human nature. It is only disgusting to see aspirants to renown in this respect assume airs of authority which so ill be come very ordinary persons of very limited capacity and understanding. The following, at page 33, is sufficient to make a watch dog laugh- The constable is told that, "where a man who has committed a felony, or whom the constable has reasonable cause to suspect of being about to commit or having committed a felony, and whom he has accord• ingly arrested escapes from his custody, the constable must immediately retake him e! A cat would not require this advice far less a biped in a blue coat. If the fellow should run away, the constable would, of course, run after him, but how he is to retake him immediately is ra ther a puzzling question, particularly, if the thief has floored the constable and left him sprawling, and per haps, senseless in the kennel. The usher is again in a brown study—whatever he may know of thieves, he is unhappily ignorant of the mode of catching them. 'Where there is so much to censure we are glad to light upon something to praise, and. our next extracts from the " instructions" prove that they have been dic tated by a humane man, perhaps by some high legal au thority nicely conversant with the frailty to which flesh is heir. As the Mayor, out of the abundance of his liberality, gives so many splendid dinners and convivial parties, it is necessary that his innumerable guests should be informed of the kind protection which the re• formed enonril t,„ . . • vci it is instructed at page 44, as follows : " When a drunken man is making his way home quietly, he (the constable) is to let him pass on without speaking to him; if he be disorderly he is to speak mildly and friendly to him, and persuade him to go home; if he need assistance he is to help him. If, however, he is riotous and will not go home he is to call for sufficient assistance, and convey him with all possible care to Bridewell. When he finds a person lying stupidly drunk be is to arouse him without any violence or uproar; if he can tell where he lives he is to be conveyed home; if not, he is to be carried to Bridewell." • A man stupidly drunk, telling where lie lives, is like a man being expected to quote Latin who knows no other language than Welsh ; but the intention of the committee, is, nevertheless, generous in the extreme. The following, at page 46, appears to us to be bor rowed from SHAKSPEARE'S Much ado about Nothing. The instruction is in these words:— "When a constable sees an assault committed in his presence he is to take the offender into custody; when there is no visible evidence of the assault, such as blood or wounds, and when the parties are known to each other, and not to the constable, (how is he to know this ?) be had better not interfere unless he sus pects the accused person to be a bad character. If the accused and the accuser be both disorderly characters, HE HAD BETTER HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM !" This, we say, is a plagiarism from the police records of the venerable DOGBERRY. In the play to which we have alluded, we find the original version. We quote it for the benefit of the moralists of the Town Hall. " Dogberry.—You are thought here to be the most senseless and fit man for the constable of the watch ; therefore bear, you the lantern. This is your charge. You shall comprehend all vagrom men : you are to bid any man stand in the Prince's name. " 2d Watch—How if he will not stand ? " Dogberry—Why, then, take no note of him, but let him go, and presently call the rest of the watch together, and thank God you are rid of a knave.—Well you are to call at all the alehouses and bid those that are drunk get them to bed. "2d Watch.—How if they will not? Dogberry.—Why, then, let them alone till they are sober. If they make you not then the better answer you may say, they are not the men you took them for. "2d Watch.—Well sir. • Dogberry.—lf you meet a thief you may suspect him by vir tue of your office to be no true man ; and for such kind of, men the less you meddle or make with them, why, the more is your honesty. "2d Watch.—lf we know him to be a thief shall we not lay hands upon him ? " Doqberry.—Truly by your office you may; but I think they that touch• pitch will be defiled. The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief is to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company." •So much for ancient and modern DOGBERRIES ! The breed we suspect, from the sample we have before us, has not much improved. The Mechanics' Institute is not the place to rear' good police officers, or police guard ians. The length of this article compels us to hasten to a conclusion, passing over for that purpoie innumerable rich bits of fun, and grave orders, alike silly and absurd —whole pages of ludicrous and contradictory fustian— rules made only to be laughed at and violated—others that are impracticable—and many that are senseless and useles—we cannot resist publishing the following, which, if well acted, would make an inimitable scene in a broad farce. At page 52, we have the following in structions to constables in giving evidence before the lord of low justice, called the stipendiary magistrate, who, under the municipal reform bill, has £l3OO a-year for doing that, not in the most satisfactory manner, which the old magistrates did well for nothing. " Whenever a prisoner is booked in Bridewell, the constable to whom he is booked (unless it be for safety) must appear against him next morning, at the appointed hour, before the magistrate. When called on, he must state his charge clearly and candidly, in as few words as possible, introducing nothing that does not bear on the charge. He must not introduce any says he' and says I,' but simply state the bare facts of the case— concealing nothing that snakes for or against the prisoner. When the magistrate asks a question, the answer is to be prompt and plain, without any disguise or circumlocution. He is, while his case is before the court, to stand up in his place with his hands quietly by his sides." ei nil o w,cnnr,lahlewho uses " says he and " says I," e- ? ,; iiiii;ri f i "„circumlocution", we leave the usher and • t i i; :r_ , :ndent, to explain. We sincerely hope, how evicy,..%!t;,wlierY A be obeys the orders, his whole" atten ti gin" v ill ba di;•ected to stand at ease." How can THE LIVERPOOL I.';T_VNDAR.D. justice be expected before a stipendary of £l3OO alear, unless the police witness have' his hands stuck fast and Hat to his sides ? What funny times we lice in! • Good morning, reader, and success to quackery ! LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Wednesday Evening, hall:past Seven o'clock. The prevalence of the easterly winds continues to deprive us of our expected art i vals, and there are now due one mail front Halifax, two from the Leeward Islands, two from Jamaica, one from Mexico, and one from Brazil. The following has been received at Lloyd's to-day:— Foreign Office, May 31, 1833. SIR,-With . reference to your letter of the 28th of January, 1835, transmitting a petition from the masters of British mer chantmen, trading to the Baltic, to his Majesty the King of Denmark, praying that additional measures might be taken for rendering the navigation of the Sound more easy and secure. I am directed by Viscount Palmerston to enclose to you, for the information of the committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, a copy of a despatch from Sir Henry Wynn, his Ma jesty's minister at Copenhagen, stating the intention of the Danish government not only to lay down additional buoys, as petitioned for, but also to erect a lighthouse on the Three Crown Battery, and to station on the grounds a floating-light similar to that at the Trendelan. (Signed) W. FOX STRANGWAYS. Copenhagen, May 23, 1836. MY Loan,—ln reference to the Duke of Wellington's de spatch, No. 1, of the last year, transmitting to me a letter from Lloyd's, covering a petition from the masters of British tiler chantment, trading to the Baltic, to his Danish Majesty fur ad ditional buoys in this neighbourhood. I have the honour to enclose a note from M. de Koalibe, informing me that in con sequence of the representations which I have been directed to make, the petition had been referred to a committee, who hav ing reported favourably to it, the Danish government had de termined not only to lay down additional buoys, as petitioned for, but also to.erect a lighthouse on tha Three Crown Batter, and to station on the grounds a floating-light similar to that at the Trendelan. Your lordship will, 1 am sure, duly appreciate this new proof of the readiness which I have always found on the part of this government to give every attention, and if found advisable to put in execution any suggestion for the greater security of the British trade on these coasts. (Signed) V. W, WY NN :.. In our Consul Market there is nothing of the slightest im portance doing; but the price is rather firmer, 92i being the price. Exchequer Bills are at 12 to 1-1 premium, and India Bonds are 2 discount to par. Columbian Stock has been as low as 29/, but closed. at 30 this afternoon, and Mexican after being at 32 is 331 to 341. Little is doing in other stock, Russian is 110, Dutch. 5 per Cents are at 1011, the 22 per Cents- are 56 Belgian are 1024, and Brazilian at 86.1. In shares Stevenson's Brighton, in consequence of the de cision of the committee of the House of Commons, have been as high as 201 but they leave off at 19 per share this afternoon. Rennie's has declined to 1g per share, and Candy's bear a simi lar quotation. Greenwich Shares are at 26,1. Yesterday was the settling day in the foreign market, and, although the differences in Spanish amounted to upwards of 8 per cent., the account closed without any defalcation. The market is, however, very flat for the stock, which is now at 391 to 40. In Portuguese stock the deridend on the 5 per cents, is now in course of payment, and ex-del; idend the 5 per cents. are 812, the 8 per cents are at 53, with little doing. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. ()u :Wednesday last the monthly meeting of the town council was held. The.proceeijings eommeneed by.t,he duputy tow.u clerk reading over the minutes --of . the last council meeting. THE THEATRE. During the week several pieces calculated to set off to advan tage the peculiar talent of Mr. Power have been produced. Some attention in the choke of performances has also been given in order to suit the talents of Mr. F. Matthews, though we do not think generally with so happy an effect. A number of light pieces have been represented—dramas, mauy of them of ephe meral popularity, and written but to show off the talents of some favourite performer. This, though it may answer occasionally for a change, will not do to be too often repeeed ; and the in evitable result of the too frequent performance of pieces pos sessing little plot and genuine talent, and which have in them selves nothing stable on which the mind can rest, but —" like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a rack behind," is to produce, what has been the case, thin houses. On Tuesday night we witnessed the drama of " Charles X 11.," in which Mr. F. Matthews took the part of Charles Xll.. followed by " King O'Neill," written for Mr. Power, and in which M r . Ic ower was the Alpha and Omega, concluding with " Clari, the Maid of Milan," Rolamo by Mr. F. Matthews. We cannot but think that Mr. F. Matthews was unfortunate in his choice of charac ters for the evening. As Charles XII., there was more of stiff ness and precision in his acting than th e ex hibi t i on o f t h e firm ness and determination which were the characteristics of the great original. The lively acting of Miss Chaplin as Eadiga, and the humour of Mr. Baker as Triptolemus Muddlework, some what redeemed the sober dulness with which the piece went of King O'Neill" was the main amusement of the evening, and, as, an afterpiece, would have been excellent. The rich Irish humour of Power was conspi cuous t h roug h out an d k ep t th e au dience in a continued laugh. In the afterpiece, we much missed the sterling acting of Stuart in Rotaino. Mr. Matthews is scarcely fitted for this class of character. As a gouty peevish old man, few can perform better; but in characters requiring passion and strong feeling his acting has too much mawkish sentimentality about it—too much of the " Home, sweet home" style, the continual repeating of which ditty began to be truly " doleful." The dramatic interlude of Power was rich in its way Ai w i ps p k iksi rsor innu s u p s vook too We hope the spirited manager will again, as soon as may be; give to the play going public some of the high mental treats afforded them during Dowtou's, and Ellen Trees's stay, and represent some of Shakspeare's or She.idan Knowle's sterling plays. They are such that they will bear repeating ; their's is nut the gaudy tinsel which soon wears off. THE IffyKaroo'. DocKs' Bi r.—This bill is now before the Lancashire committee of the Iliuse of Commons. The rate payers, on the first division of the committee, were successful in defeating- the town council deputation on the clause respect ing any future applications to parliament. The amendment proposed by the supporters of the town council had for •its oh jeet giving to the town council the control over any future ap plication to parliament by the dock committee. There was a full attendance of members of the committee, and the original clause was carried by a majority of one, which was the casting vote of the chairman. The town council brought down all their forces, including two lords of the Admiralty, and two secretaries of the Treasury. As several members of the committee, who are favourable to the rate-payers' views of the question, were absent we may conclude that their attempt to shake off the town coun cil will ultimately succeed. With respect to the dock question we believe we may congratulate the rate-payers on the present healthy appearance of things. Their estate, its control, and management, will be placed in their own hands. THE INTRINSIC.-It may be in the recollecti o n of our rea d ers that in Febru ar y l as t th e Intrinsic, of this port, was wrecked during a tremendous gale in Kiikee Bay, when all hands pe rished. During Mr. Deane the sub-marine surveyor's visit here the underwriters entered into an engagement with him to make an attempt to recover some of the cargo. In consequence he has visited the wrecked vessel, and found her lying in a ra vine, twelve fathoms under water. Having engaged a pilot boat he bas commenced operations, and has already succeeded in rescuing some tin and copper. It is' expected that a consi derable part of this vessel's valuable cargo will be got up. CUSTOMS' REVENUE.—The increase in the custom revenue at this port since the first of January last has been £50.000 a month, as compared with the revenue of the same period last year. The total customs revenue from this port alone is ex pected to reach £5,000,000 before the close of the year. Mr. E. W. Tnomfis's CONCERT.-M r. Thomas, a young vio linist of great promise, who during the last opera season at the Theatre Royal, had on several occasions to lead the band at a short notice, gives a concert this evening, at the Templars' Hall, Great George-street. He will be assisted by Mr. Ser vals, a violoncello player of extraordinary talent, ° Mr. Herr man. (violin), Mr. Brown, (flute), and by Mr. George Hol den, on the piano, and as the conductor. Miss Rainforth, a young lady very highly spoken of in the musical profession, will make her appearance among the vocalists. J u d g i ng from the talent engaged, we venture to recommend this Concert as one worthy of attention. CHILD MUHDEH.—On Monday afternoon an inquest was held • before Mr. P. F. Curry, coroner, at the Sessions-house, on view of the body of a new-born female child. It appeared from the evidence that Mary Ann Graham, a servant of all work at a public-house in Parr-street, kept by Mr. Appleton. on Friday morning last gave birth to the child, and afterwards concealed it between the bed and the mat t rass in her room, where the body was found by Mr. Thomas Lewtas, surgeon, of Hunter•street, tied up in a bundle. Mr. Lewtas deposed to the child having been born alive, and that its death was occasioned by suffocation. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Mary Ann Graham, the mother, and the coroner bound over Lyons, the beadle, to prefer au indictment against her at the next assizes. FA TA L APCIDENT.—On Monday last a coroner's inquest was held at the Sessions' house, to inquire touching the death of William Hargreaves, a boy aged se ve n y ears . I t appeared from the evidence that on Saturday last, the deceased was amusing himself by swinging to and fro on the gate of a stonemason's yard in Rupert-street, when the gate loosed from the hinges and the child fell to the ground with the gate upon him. He was carried to the Infirmary, where he died in the course of the afternoon. It was found, on examination, that the base of the skull had been fractured by the fall. Verdict, accidental death. ARRIVAL ON LIVE FISH.—The following notice was posted at the Exchange Newsroom on Monday last:—" Arrived, the Liverpool and Manchester Fishin g C om p an y' s smac k the Wa ter Witch, with a cargo of live fish iu wells." This is the company's first adventure. MECHANICS' AND APPRENTICES' LIBRARY.—Both the mem bers of the bcrqugh have contributed towards the funds of this institution. The following are copies of letters which have been received from them on the subject:— "London, May 23, 1836. " Sir,—l shall be happy to make a contribution of £5 to the funds of the Mechanics' Library; and if you will apply to Mr. George Lawrence, he will have the kindness to pay the dona tion for me.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " C. E. Rawlins, Esq." " SANDON. " London, May 23, 1836, " Dear sir,—lt affords me great pleasure to contribute to the Mechanics' and Apprentices' Library. lam firmly convinced of the essential utility of such institutions. The new munici pality will, I hope, in time procure for the public free access to more than one public library without the intervention of any impediment whatever. Meanwhile I beg to offer £lO to the library whose cause you so justly advocate. It will be paid on application to my b ro th er , Mr. Joseph Ewart, if the applicant will have the goodness to show him this letter.—Wishing you all success in this good cause, I am, dear sir, yours faithfully. " C. E. Rawl i ns, E sq ." " W . EWART. TROTTING RACES AT NEWTON.—The next Newton meeting will present a novelty in the annals of the race-course, which we have no doubt will be favourably received by the public. It is intended on one of the days to have a trotting-race, undei the management of gentlemen whose characters will insure its being conducted in a style of respectability. The general estab lishment of such races as this cannot fail to give encouragement to the breed of that useful horse, the roadster; and as the stake proposed to he given i s a good o n e , no d ou bt the fastest - from all quarters will be brought together. The stakes are 10 soy. each. h. ft. ; and the hands , me SUM of 100 sacs. is already subscribed for the winner, in addition to . the sweepstakes. horses of all ages will be permitted to enter; to carry 12st., two mile heats. — Ma a chester a, u rier. .i..HumouRED MARRIAGE LIFE—The youthful Duke or limxburglie, who has just entered into the gaieties a bilytun catppaign. it is miff, will . he married as soon as he owes of age, whith be in:Juiy, 1837. • FINANCE COMMITTEE An application was made on behalf of the Northern Hospital for a grant of laud near the Hospital, for the purpose of in• creasing that institution. Application refused, as the land might be wanted for the use of the corporation. Resolved, that the several labourers of the Mount Garden be paid two weeks salary, as sufficient compensation for the loss of their employment, and that Robert Jones the gardener be allowed the cottage in the garden till the Ist of June. That Mr. Alexander Neilson be appointed as clerk to the treasurer on his recommendation, at a salary of £2OO per annum. That the treasurer should give up all other business. That the surveyor be not allowed to conduct and• other business. At a meeting of the finance committee on the 211 of May, resolved, that the sum of £550 be paid by the treasurer to the town-clerk, for law charges on the three bills before parliament. The surveyor recommended the old Botanical Garden to be laid out in streets. Mr. Councilor HOPE would call attention to that point. It .was known that the new tunnel connected with the railway, would, in a short time be opened, and would cause a great thoroughfare through the Hay-market. So that it might pro bably become a question whether the Hay-market would not have to be removed. In that case, he knew of no situation more suitable for a Hay-market than the old Botanical Garden. He merely mentioned this that they might defer confirming this part of the report till the subject had been further taken into consideration. The MAYOR said the finance committee did not consider themselves as committed to anything but had merely requested he surveyor to state how the Botanical Garden could be best laid out. They had not decided on anything. RENEWAL OF LEASES. - Several petitions for the renewal of leases were read and granted. WATCH COMMITTEE. At a meeting of the committee, on the 17th of May, resolved that the committee will not allow the constabulary to attend anymore at the Aintree races for the purpose of maintaining bide ' That applieationi be made to the proprietors of the Leeds and Liverpool canal and to the Liverpool and Manchester railroad to allow two of the policemen, to proceedljy their convey, ances free of charges„ owing to the great expense of following offenders.' Report confirmed. IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE. At a meeting of the committee, on the 1 Rh of May, resolved —That the consideration of the communication of Lieutenant Jones, R.N., relative to ;in observatory, be for the present pust poned. That the name of Pool-lane be changed to Castle-street. That the demand of Mr. Biikett of MO fiir putting back his premise's building in 'Water-street be complied with. • Mr. Councillor Butch wished to know why this £lOO was to be granted. Mr. Councillor HOPE explained that the improvement com mittee had visited the buildings whilst erecting, and given directions about them whilst the surveyor was not present, which had been misunderstood, and the buildings had in conse quence partly to be taken down again. It was a mistake. The MAYOR said it was a mistake owing to the improvement. committee having taken upon themselves the office of surveyor. Report confirmed. ➢fARKET COMMITTEE, Resolved that the petitions of the butchers that Pownall• square Market be supplied with stalls, as heretofore, be cons. plied with. Confirmed. , Mr. Councillor HENRY LAWRENCE begged to ask one ques tion relating to the £550 to be paid by the treasurer for law ex penses. Ile had left the room to ascertain in the proper quarter whether the £550 was to be paid for t he objects stated, and was absent at the proper time to raise an objection. There appeared to be a mistake in the entry of the report which had been read to the council. It was stated in that report, that the treasurer be authorised to pay the town-clerk £550 for parlia mentary and law charges on the three bills before parliament. That sum had been voted for them. It was not in reality voted for those objects, for, as stated in the committee, £250 were vo t e d for the church endowment question and £lOO for the bills. It was not right that the real object to which the money was to be ap plied shou d be concealed, or that the council should be ignorant of what they were voting for. It was not properly entered in the report, and he thought it ought not to be passed over sub Mr. Councillor BOLTON begged to be understood distinctly. The purposes for which the money had been voted, as explained by Mr. Lawrence, were distinctly stated before the finance committee; he was, therefore ; ignorant of the cause why the words of the finance committee had not been explicitly stated in the report. Mr. Councillor J. HOLMES said it arose out of an error from the town-clerk leaving town immediately after. The MAYOR said Mr. Leathom, the chairman of the commit tee, who was out of town, or his deputy, ought to have signed that report before it was submitted to the council. Mr. Law rence had done quite right to call attention to it. TOWN-HALL COMMITTRE. Resolved that the contract for supplying the state-carriage be given up, and that, instead of the old state-carriage, a carriage capable of containing four persons be provided.—Confirmed. EDUCATION COMMITTEE Resolved, in answer to the application of the Rev. Rec tor Campbell, to carry on and support the cJrporation schools, that the committee, feeling the importance of the chargc en trusted to them, cannot delegate it to other hands, especially to a clergyman of one sect. Signed, W. Rathbonc, chairman.— Confirmed. GARDEN COMMITTEE, Resolved that Robert Jones, the late gardener, be specially recommended to the watch committee as a constable for the. Mount Gardens. lUr. ontita strongly advocated the appoint- went. It was necessary that some person should be appointed to watch the gardens having a local knowledge of the pace, to prevent nuisances and injury to them. - After some discussion, it was agreed that his appointment be referred to the garden committee, the watch committee-think ing it contrary to their regulations. CUSTOM-HOUSE COMMTTTEE. At a - meeting of the committee on' the 20th of May, it was resolved, " that this .committee is desirous of giving ihe west wing of the Custom-house to the Customs, provided it is agree 'able to the treasury." Agreed to. It was understood that the quarterly meeting was further adjourned on the subject of the sessions. A letter was read from Mr. Swart, M.P., acknowledging the receipt of the petition of the council praying that the required declaration of councillors might be abolished, stating that he should support its prayer, and prPsent it with great satisfaction to the House of Commons. It was announced also, that Lord Holland had signified his assent to present the petition to the Lords. A petition was read from the Liverpool District Provident society, signed by Robert Lyndo Carr, secretary, praying that the Mayor and proper authorities would use exertions to keep the beer-houses in order, a's a great deal of distress emanated from them. It was suggested that the petition he referred to the improvement committee. It was finally referred to the magistrates. Mr. Councillor RAWDON said he had had the curiosity to exa mine the information books, and found no less than ninety-one informations against the beer-Shops bets. een the 2d and 20th of May inclusive, which was sufficient proof of the vigilance of the police with regard to those houses. Mr. Councillor JORDAN begged to present a petition from a gentleman who had devoted the attention of his life to the forma tion of Kingston Harbour. Originally there had been no har bour between Belfast and Waterford, and many vessels had been lost in consequence. The gentleman was now eighty years of age, and had nothing to live on. Mr. Councillor BOLTON thought it quite useless to present such petitions to them. He thought the only and proper way to prov►de far the infirmities of age was by the savings of youth and strength. Mr. Councillor HENRY LAWRENCE thought it ridiculous to present such petitions 'to them, for they had no power whatever to accede to them. The individual named was in no way con nected with their body. The MAYOR.—Perhaps Mr. Lawrence would say; in his opinion it was ridiculous. ALTERATIONS IN THE COUNCIL-ROOM, Mr. Councillor HOPE hoped this subject would be referred to the next meeting. He thought the improvement committee would recommend that the alterations should not be proceeded in, and that they would endeavour to make that room as com fortable as they could. Mr. Councillor RATlinotitc thought, in the present state of their funds, they ought not to go to any expense they could avoid, but let the inconvenience fall upon thernselves.—Ad journed. QUARTER SESSIONS, Mr. Councillor RATtisoNE begged leave to move " that it is of great importance that a sessions should more frequently be held in the borough, and that the magistrates be requested to confer on the subject." The MAYOR said the recorder had already intimated his de sire to attend to this subject, and his intention of calling the attention of the magistrates to it. Mr. Councillor JOHN HOLMES seconded the motion, which was agreed to. • CLOSING. THE MOUNT GARDENS. Mr. Councillor BLACK BUBN rose to move, that the Mount :Gardens should be closed on Sundays: It might be asked why he had not opposed the resolution of their being opened, which appeared to have obtained the unanimous consent of Abe coun cil. The reason was, he was absent that day. The unanimity, however, of the council had only been apparent, for it was not known by a number of the council that such a recommendation was contained in the finance report. He hoped the council would not regard this as an improper obtrusion on their time .and attention; as due notice of the motion had been given, they would come prepared to discuss it. He was aware that an opinion had been expressed that that chamber was not the place for the discussion of theological subjects. (Hear.) From the nature of the present subject, however, it was quite impossible to avoid expressing religious opinions. He should endeavour, with all possible circumspection, to avoid everything like reli gious argument, and confine himself to the simple statement of his own conscientious feelings on this subject, and cast not the slightest imputation upon the motives or principles of those who 'night differ from hint. With regard to the institution of the Sabbath, it was one of pre-eminently universal obligation, as a divine institution deriving its authority from the sacred scrip tures, and obligatory in its observance on all mankind. In his view, he considered it essential to dedicate a seventh part of our whole time to the worshipund service of God ; to the considera tion of the relationship in which we stand to him as responsible being s , w i t h a v i ew to our preparat i on for etern i ty. H e was led t o th e conc l us i on t h at t h e emp l oyment o f any port i on o f t h at day unnecessarily was contrary to the will of God, and calcu lated t o b e excee di ng l y i n j urious to t h e b es t i nterests o f the community; and that, under any pretext, this was essentially wrong. 'lhere was nothing, he apprehended, in the closing of the gard ens w hi c h wou ld b e con t rar y t o th e p r i nc ipl es of those who might be opposed to him; they might regaid it as an un necessary strictness to deprive a man of the opportunity of inno cent and harmless recreation. On the other hand, there were many who considered with him that the opening of the garden was a vi o l a ti on o f•th e revea l e d w ill o f God. lie trusted that th. se who thought lightly of it, and thought it a matter of no importance, would concede something to him and those who tho4ht with him, who made it a matter of principle, and thought it a subj ect o f grea t i mportance. Mr. C ounc ill or HoesFa et, telt extremely sorry to say or do anything whi c h m i g ht ab r id ge or i n t e rf e re with the recreations of th e l ower or d ers. B ut h e did t hi n k th e o pening of the se gardens was a desecration of the Sabbath. On that account he should second the resolution: Mr. Councillor Lawaeavcs Her wonTu rose to oppose the motion. He had been born and bred in religion from his ear liest iufancy, and thought he had as just a claim as any one present to stand firward fur the advocacy of religion. They must treat this questiou as a theological question. The pro poser of the inotien ought to point out where it was forbidden in the scriptures to assemble in a garden. If on the other hand he could pint out where the founder of their religion had m e t his disciples ..and the ,people,•and walked in garden,. it ‘i•as a tangible argument ugaiust the motion.. If they could find him wandering in the fields sitting down on the verdant grass and enjoying the s ce n er y around they could find Our Saviour walking through.the corn fields on the Sabbath day, could he then say.that the Sabbath wasdesecrated because men enjoyed the blessings provided. for them by God. The primitive christians had not dune so, they had assembled in the fields to. discuss re ligious topics, and did not go to listen to the dogmas laid down by one man. The inhabitants of Judea and Jerusalem were forbidden to go to any other place of worship than the temple, which precluded the .possibility of their attending divine service more than once or twice a-day.., He should oppose the motion. Mr. Councillor COGLAN said that in, legislating on subjects affecting the interests and manners of oipeople,it was important that the patriot or the philanthropist should consider whether the means he proposed were calculated to benefit or injure the community. It was not sufficient that his motives were pure, his intentions virtuous, religious, and honourable, but were they judicious, were they calculated to produce the objects he had in view, or to produce effects diametrically opposed to those he contemplated. Thus, if a theologian were desirous of impressing conviction upon the mind of an individual who was opposed to him in religious belief—if he were soberly desirous of accom plishing his end he would not at once denounce that individual to he an idolator, an infidel, or a heathen;. he would endea vour to persuade him by the mild process of reason, and to draw him to the paths of virtue by means calculated to the end and not by unjust restrictions. Oppressive enactmeins never could produce the proper effect, and dear bought expe rience bad proved that it never can. He could not subscribe to the doctrine which would prevent him, after the toils of the week and after attending to those duties which severe ne cessity imposed upon hint, from enj o yi ng i nnocen t recreat i on with his family and his friends, or contemplating the beauties of nature. He believed a very great portion of the community went to some place of worship once or twice every sabbath, and the working classes did not think that they desecrated the sab bath after paying the adoration justly due to the author of their being, if they passed a portion of the day in proper recreation and amusement. Look at the myriads of their fellow beings who were obliged to be shut up in their workshops, confined in damp cellars or in close garrets, or who tvere obliged. to attend in counting houses 12 er 14 hours a day; if these individuals. were attempted to be driven from want of places to go to. to places of worship two or three times a day, the effect . would be to drive them into taverns to the ruin of tkeirhealth . and Morals. He wished they had more public gardens and parks for them to establish their health in, •and innocently enjoy themselves. They might depend upon it its inettio • tutissinaus dditus—That it was difficult compelling men from their inclinations, it would only end in driving them into the,oblic-liustrA. -He had rea-. son to believe from what he had heard, that the conduct of the people in this garden was extremely quiet and orderly. Let those who liked to confine themselves in cloisters go there, but let them not attempt to compel others to go with them; but if they were wrong con vince them by reason that they were so: Mr. Councillor Buten said his principal objection to the motion was that it appeared to be a system of religious legisla tion. .Such legislation had been.repudiated in the House of Commons, and it would ill become them to take it by the hand. It was converting that council into a mere theatre of religious disputation, and he thought their constituents had not sent them there for the discussion of religious questions, but for the pro teciion of their secular interests. Mr. Councillor RATHBONE must meet Mr. Blackburn on his own ground of principle on this question, and - he differed with him entirely. He did believe that they were called on not only to worship God in walls but in walks, and amidst his more im mediate works. He thought it mast important that the public should have the opportunity of innocent recreation to keep' Omni out of the dram-shop. Intended to raise their wives and children in their own estimation, and that would tend to reli giously raise them, and do far more good than keeping them at house. lie would contend that the Sunday was not intended for religious purposes only, but also as a day of rela Nation and pleasure. It ought to be a day looked forward to by children as a day they would rejoice to see return ; .it would tend to make them look at religion as " a way of pleasantness and all her v . iths as peace." He thought there had been a great mis take in that portion of the community which somewhat ex clusively called itself the religious world, and he thought that mistake was one of the causes why the Christian religion had not been so inflnent;al as it might have been and as it ought to be. He should conclude with moving an amendment, " that it is expedient to keep the Mount Gardens open on Sunday; and it. was also imperative for the council to provide more ex tended walks and other places for air and exercise for all classes of the town of Liverpool, as far as the funds of the cor poration would admit." Mr. Councillor LAWRENCE HEYWORTH seconded the amend ment Mr. Councillor CARSON advocated the gardens beingkept open pn the score of t he health of the poor. Mr. Councillor Hoes was opposed to religious legislation; he considered that religion ought to be between man and his creator. He also thought it wrong. and wicked that the walk should be open on Sundays. But that was not- the ques— tion. The question was by opening. these gardens, whether they were not inviting the public to do what many of them con sidered wrong. After .some further conversation, in which Mr. E. SMITii thoughfif this attempt to encroach on the amusements of the public were successful, they could not consistently refuse, if a motion were made, to shut up George's Pier also from the pub lic on Sundays, and there was no telling where it might end;' one thing was certain, they could not make people religious by legislation. . Mr Barclay, Mr. Henry Lawrence, Mr. Bolton, and Mr. Robinson opposed the motion, and bore testimony to the orderly conduct of the people who visited the garden.. Mr. BLACKBURN in reply said, though the motion might be lost by a large majority, he should be satisfied in having re corded his vote and sentiments on the subject. On the amendment and motion being read, Mr. BLACKBURN rose to say, that though he might agree with and vote fur the amendment as a general question, he could not vote for it to be applied to the Sunday. . . Mr. Councillor RATHBONE, on the contrary, meant his r a 3 , - The MAYOR thought Mr. Rathhone ought to concede this, and to divide his motion, to which Mr. Rathbone agreed, and the first part of the amendment was taken 014,- 7 " Tbat it is expedient to keep the Mount gardens open on Sunday." The question for or against the motiOn- was then put, when there appeared for the motion . 6, against it 43. The motion of Mr. Blackburne was thereforelost. The names of those who supported Mr. Blackburne's motion are Messrs. Hope, Horsfall, Rushton ; E. Cropper, Blackburn, and T. Bulky. Against the motion—Messrs. J. Holmes, Logan, Thornhill, -- Harvey, E. Smith, Thornely, Rawdon, M'Gregor, Barton, H. Holmes, L. Heywortb, Meftor, WalMs ley, Birch, Bolton. Woollright, Bright, H. Hornby, Rathbone, Preston, Maxwell, H. Lawrence, Lassell, T. Milt. Carson, Brocklebank, Morecroft. lloskell. Cogtan, Alison, Leigh, C. Holt, Sandars, Jordan, Tayleur, Blain, Moon, Freme, Barclay, Robinson, Booth, J. Horoby, and the Mayor. Mr. Councillor BLACKBURN rose to move that the minutes of the committees, instead of being read at length as they now are at the council meetings, and much repetition and time lost caused thereby, should be . condensed so as to give an outline of their proceedings, in order to save the time of the council, and also that they should meet more frequently—once a week or once a fortnight, instead of once a month, and have shorter meetings, in order to avoid the accumulation of business which now took place. He concluded with moving "that a committee be now appointed to enquire into the present mode of directing the business of the council, and that they he instructed to con eider whether the practice of reading over the whole of the pro ceedings of the committee might not be better arranged and more frequent meetings snore advantageous." Mr. Councillor COGLAN seconded the motion. Be consider ed it important that they should meet more frequently and have shorter hours. Mr. Councillor BOLTON objected to the motion; he thought meeting once a month frequent enough, and that four or five hours once a month would interfere less with then engagements than one or two hours a week. With regard to the mode of reading the committee reports, it was imp oss ibl e to condense them. They could not condense without omission, which might be of serious results. The MAYOR said they ought not to judge of the future busi ness by the past. The last four o r five month s a grea t er quan tity of business had been done In the council than was even done before; it was of necessity the c a se f rom t h e ent i re chage of system. Their busipess i n future would occupy much less time. The subject might be discussed in committee, but he thought they had better have a little more experience before they decided. With regard to the reading of the reports, which had sometimes been indistinctly read and consequently ill un derstood, he thought it advisable, owing to the shortness of sight of the town-clerk, that the deputy town-clerk, or sonic other person duly qualified, should be appointed to read them for him. The following gentlemen were then proposed on the commit,. tee :—Messrs. Blackburn, Mellor, Waltnsley Coglan, Hope, Sandars, and Birch. The council then separated at about two o'clock, having sat three hours. We regret to learn that Lord Cringletie. one of the senators of the College of Justice, died on Sunday, at his house, Char lotte-square, Edinburgh.—Glasyou , Courier. • THE PRINCE OF ORANGE.-A letter .from Amsterdam, of the 20th of May, says :—" We expect the return of the Prince of Orange. Though his visit to London has been hut short, the consequences of it will, nevertheless, be very important. He is spoken of with more enthusiasm than e ver. Eyewitnessesaffirm that they have observed in the kin g a n airof gaiety which he always has when anything decid e d t a kes place which is fa vourable to the wishes of the Dutch nation.—Journal de Franc fort, May 23. ✓ SUMMER CIRCUITS.—The judges have appointed the next summer circuit as follows :-South W a les—Lord Denma n. North Wales—Mr. Justice Vaughan. Nrofak — Lord 'Chief Justice Tindal and Mr. Justice ffosanquet. Rome—Lord Abin , ger and Mr. Justice Gaselee: .1/id/and-91r. Justice Park and Mr. Baron Bolland. Oxford —Mr. Justice Littledale and Mr. Justice Patteson. Northern—Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. J us . tire Coleridge. Western—Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Williams.• At Chambers—Mr. Baron Gurney. ' - COMFORT UNDER ..Eri -m ENTs.—Has tleath entered the loved ones r habitations, uh whom away Vh ' one after another of on the journey of life? And-are we EA we do indeed dw e ll i n t h e land of the t and Iy carried s e t out shadow of death as constrained to feel that ,,e look around on the narro we d c i rc l e, and think how link after link has been broken off the chain which has long bound our affections, perhaps too closely, to earth ? Shall we not lift up our hearts in thankfulness to God even for this trial, if the links thus broken off the chain of earthly affec tions have been added to the chain of divine love, by which Gud is drawing up our hearts to himself and heaveta—White. A H INT TO INTERPRETERS Or THE BIBLE.—Rica, having been to visit the library of a French convent, writes thus to his friend in Persia concerning what had passed :—" Father," said I to the librarian, "what are these huge volumes which fill the whole side of the library?" " These," said he, "are the inter preters of the scriptures." "There is a prodigious number of them," replied I; "the scriptures must have been very dark formerly, and very clear at present. Do there remain still any doubts? Are there nosy any points contested?" •• Are there! ; ' answered he with surprise; " there are. There are almost as many as there are lines." " You astonish me," said I; " what, then, have all these anthors been doing?"' " These authors," returned he, " never searched the scriptures for what' ought to be believed,' but for what they did believe themselves. They did not consider them as a book wherein were contained the doctrines which they ought to receive, but as a work which might be made to authorize their own ideas." ANCIENT OWENITES.—The Essenians, au ancient Joirsh sect, were evidently the originators of the "every thing in coin !non" principle. They chose retirement, and inculcated so briety and industry : they neglected all religious ceremonials, any further than what regarded bodily cleanliness, t h e obser- Vance ,of the Sabbath, and making an annual ptesent to the Temple at Jerusalem; they had, besides, all things in common. Stinte of this sect continued in Judea to the coming , CA44-HAttnENING.—It is. of Cultist. perhaps, not generally known amongst mechanics, that the salt ruled prussiate of pota s h i s now ninth used in case -hardening, The process is easy azd saves u gieat' length of time: The method is to powder the a drawl sprinkle it upon the iron when in a state of redness—it will ion ,I,10:oil; and alien plunged into cold water will be found as hard or wen harder than iron case-himlened in the tnivai way..—Arlo• c:zanies' Magazine. 110PA.L UNROLLING OF AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY.. • Oa Friday evening Mr. Petti gr e w undertook the task of 5 b?inging . attain into the light, after ;be lapse of perhaps thirty ' centuries or more, one of the inhabitam s of ancient before one of the most crowded assemn,i„,„ tviti,Etrth e wails oP the Royal Institution. - The theatre wzis fiVed fit every corner, and the attendance of so great a canctarrae. Of noblemen and gentlemen, eminent in all - branches of sele6ee a , ast have been very flattering to the lecturer. All the itidriduals in this C ow,- try celebrated for their knowledge of hter,e-Iyhical literature were present, and seemed deepl\viintr;:•=z llr. I'...iith l e i : i i . t ß r ) o n c i rr ir e discourse.' 'We ob s erv e d M t . vik . Prudhoe, Mr. Rogers, Dr. Leemans, Mr. Cullimore, 'tee. Mr.. Pattern, Mr. Renouard, Dr. Lee. &c. The discourse cammencad by remarking on. the' impossibility of treating a subject th e branches of which are so diversified in the shwa, space .1 oted to the meeting; but the lecturer endeavoured. to bring under the notice of the auditory all the leading . points conueded with it, and though with great difficulty, from the endiatrass des rich cries, this could not be accomplished in less than. two bouts. Mr. P. alluded to the accounts of embalming by the Egyptians, as handed down to us by Ilerodotus Diodorus Siculus, and com mented upon the several proceSses which appear to haYe beets adopted in various instances. lie enumerated many very cu rious and interesting circumstances illustrative of the funeral, ceremonies of this ancient people, ..and showed that the reasons for their extraordinary preservation of the bodies of their. dead were only to be sought for in their theology., Believing in the immortality of the soul, the an c i en t Egyptians conceived that they were retaining the soul withiu the body as long as the fom of the body ,could be preserved entire, ,or were facilitating the reunion of it with the body at the day of resurrection, by pre serving the body from corruption. Herodotus tells us that. the Egyptians were the first people to lay down the principle of the immortality . of the soul, and that when the body is dissaived the. soul enters into some other animal which ..ita at the sante dine; and that after going the round of all the animals that in habit the land, the water, and the air, it again enters the Iny of a man which is then born. Thi s circuit, they d say, is performed by the soul in 3000 yea rs. Mr. Pettigrew exhioited three curious drawings of the sacred boat conveying theloolV across the camd to the place of the 'entombment, and described - the various cha racters an board the vessel, and the. purposes to which they were ass i - oe d. He frlibwedahis up by exhibitiog the scene of judg ment before the 42 assessors, apd *the record made by Thoth, the. Egyptian Mercury, so the'preSmiCe of Osiri"s; attended by the four . genii'of the'ircreuti.; orate ro g iwi triu dead. Ou r li tn il 9 will not permit us to follow the-question thro ug h a ll th e.po i n t s to which he gave such ample illustration, and we therefore pass on to speak of the mummy itself, subt - nitted to exammatlon this evening. It is one brought:by the.late Mr. Salt from Thebes, and purchased by Mr. P. at a sale of Egyptian antiquities a few months since. It had three cases; a painted. wooden. one in contact with the body,- an outer .coffin, and a sarcophagus of sycamore wood. ,This, which wait one of an Oblong shape, is of exceeeding interest, for it is covered with hieroglyphics and pie-. torial representatious in various -colours. One of these repre sented the deceased conducting the boat, of the sun (the em blem of this deity. Phra, being seated in the centre, under a canopy formed by the snake Ureus, ornainented with the mitre, typical of the upper regions), and steered, byllorus, the son of Osiris. Mr. I'. remarked that Horus, or }for, is the origin of the Greek Haren or Charon, and perhaps Har-hue, the living Horus. Another singular representation on the sarco phagus was illustrative of the deceased throwing off this ‘• mortal coil." and standing established—this,being represented by the, corporeal man painted red, falling to the mother earth; and the spiritual part, painted blue, with the hands extended to the heavens. The whole case was entirely covered with hierogly phics, many passages of which Mr. P. read off from which it was apparent that the - embalmed individual was a priest con cerned in the libations—that this name ass Osiri, that he was the son of a priest of Amnion Ouonofri, who was the son of a priest; Oukkouso, who was the son of.a priest Miami that k his mother's name was Mas-se. The Lecturer pointed out some curious variations as to the manner is which the name of ' the deceased and of his mother was spelt, occurring in the for mer case in no less than five different ways, and the latter in three several modes. The inside of the painted coffin contained various figures, connected ,with the Egyptian mythology, and prayers offered up to various deities,. for the deceased Osiri. They ran in this manner—" Open the gate of Heaven, open the World, open the gate of ti.;: region of the Stars, open the gate of ..9.tneuti, the good region, to Ositi.” At the foot of the case, Isis was painted. embracing the feet, and a line or hieroglyphics, expressing—" This is of Isis, who esubraces thy feet.' At the buttons of the case seas a very spirited ri pre sentation of the deceased, as a mummy, on the back of the., Osirian or Sacred Bull, who was galloping off with the body. Mr. P. gave various interpretations of the characters, and then.' proceeded to unfold the mummy. The bandages were exceed nq.tly numerous, very clean, applied ,in the neatest manner . possible, and extended to, perhaps, not less than 2000 yards.. SeVeral inscriptions were found upon the bandages. The pitchy matteroccasioned the_bandages to etc very firmly fixed to the body, and the time allotted to the meeting being quite exhausted, MI% P: was 'able only to make out one side of the Lead, Which Hp , peered in perfect preservation, and clearly exhibited the fea tures of the ancient Egyptian's countenance. The viscera had been removed from the body by an incision in the left as clecribed by fleredottis, and the various ,parts were found upon the body and between the legs, separately bandaged, and in a complete state of preservation. The limbs were also sepb rately bandaged. The remainder of the mummy will be de ' veloped at the Lecturer's leisure, and it is, probable that some ornaments May be found upon the surface, or within the body, from the great care exhibited in the manner in which the whol e process appears in this. instance to have been conducted. The variety of topics embraced by. the Lecturer, and the intetest. excited by their consideration, to whieh it was evident Mr. I'. had not time to do justice either to his subject sir to his own'acquaint ance with it, will, we trust, induce the managers of this, most useful Institution to consider of the propriety of arranging a complete course of lectures connected with Eoptian antiquities, which could not poSsibly fail of giving much information, and exciting the taste of the public for such researchz:s. The -Bishop of- Chester- has been - pleased to license the Rev. Robert Thompson, M.A. to the' Perpetual Curacy- of Ellel, on the nomination of the Rev. John Dobson, M.A., Vicar of Cockerham. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—On Monday evening the anniversary of this society was held at the Music Hall, in Bold street. In the absence of the Rev. Chancellor Parkes, the Rev. G. D. C. Driffield, vicar of Prescot, took the chair. The room was excessively crowded, end upwards of thirty ministers of the Church of England occupied the platform. The Rev. T. Tattershall, the secretary to the society, read the report of the. committee for the past year. The report spoke very favourably of the advancement of and benefits resulting from the society. The Rev. P. Buddicum triovod the adoption of the report, and dwelt in glowing terms on the ben4its which had resulted from - this society as connected with the Church of England. The Rev. C..Thurlow, vicar of Scaleby, in loll:- shire, gave a variety of interesting details of the progre s s am ,1 operations cf the society abroad. The R. v. C. Ilodgson moved the next resolution, recognising and inculcating the-solemn duty of propagating the word of God, and gave an appalling description of the atrocities and barbarities committed in those -; countries where idolatry prevailed and• where the humanising influence of the scriptures had not extended itself. Captain • • Gardner, R.N. seconded the resolution, aid gave an account of the efforts which had been made in Africa to establish a •••. missionary station there. Several donations were announced, after which the Rev. Andrew Knox, the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, and the Rev. Jno. Ilawtrey addressed the meeting, which sepa- • rated at a little before ten o'clock. A liberal collection wise • made. IMPORTANT. VROJECT.—That we live in an age of daring adventure, the accomplishment of many great undertakings can attest to the fact; and wonderful most wonderful, as many of them were at their fi r st projection considered, perhaps few, if any, might have occasioned more incredulity in theft coo plet ion. than the one which we see is now seriousiy ht co )s n e.p tr i T 6j rp e l e a t t . e o d f , which is the formati o n o f a ra il wa y ove r M o recambe Bay arid Duddon Sands. Fur this purpose.a meeting has been held iu. Ulierston, when the practicabdity of the measure was readily conceded by all present, and a communication was ordered t o be opened with Messr s . Clarke and Julian, u the grand Caledonian Junction railway was approved of a n d whose assistance in maturing the plans for the great under taking to which we have alluded was to be procured.---p re ,,,,,, Pilot. . " it: trouble" its . '! 1 Was going rtehresusfoil‘7loEwAiNn..7drle°Peocsiuitiounaswca':ctenade against hint JON ( A , a T , D . A n N d Ameri through Valley "' and another before a magistrate:—Complainant: Death, (a street so called.) ?cause there aint no direeter line to my store, when I was sudden Wick and (trio hack considerable. lam not quite capable to say which done that. I falls glick down, for it was'ever slithery, as it mew con siderable/ Then this Torment, (Edm un d , ) speak i ng to I, says, 'Get up,or 111 lick you ~ant, .to which I was no ways given, but when Jack Adams and another come, I riZ. 'I hen this Torment fetches me an .aledighty blew on the nose, and Julie Adams had t'ether's stick pokes, in his eye." On this evidence Kean and his friend were duty amerced. A GASCON AND HIS PASSPOHT.—" Speaking of passports, which are a necessary evil, invariably accompanying all foreigtt excursions, brings to my recollection the following; anecdotes:— , A poor Gascen, who had committed himself at Marseilles by some imprudent bravadoes fur Napoleon, wished to get nut of the town b e f ore any danger happened. He got apassport, by means of two francs and the signatures of two friends. Having shaved himself that morning, they described him—'t.eard, none;' complexion, none.' Perhaps he was not very Warming. On the second evening a gendarme inspected his passport.- Hie beard had grown. ' Beard, none!' said the gendarme;' why, you have a black beard!' ''Complexion, cone;' 'and you are perfectly yellow. The passrrt is false—von most writ here for another.' In vain the GaSeors protested : he was obliged to send the paper back to Marseilles, where they added, 'e o ropt ex i„ n. pale ;" heard, black.' He was on foot. The third day he fell down, and several contusions dreadfolly inflamed his face : 'Coin !'i pleXion, pale said the inspector n the evening, ; '3 on have the reddest face I eversaw !' 'Nese, twiddling !" and your nose is enormous! You have also a Scar on your chin.' Thi s passport is false; you must send for another!' Again the paper was sent back to Marseilles; and the pour man was two mouths on his journey, instead of twenty dare. At another time, an old pen sioner retailed rather late to Paris, alter dining in the country. At the barrier he was asked for his admisiion-ticket ; he pulled out of his pocket the bill of fare be had ju s t pi t id, an d present ed it. The insector put on his - spectacles, and be g an to read-- 'Calf's head !' hem!! that is good; they h av e amused them selves in describing him." " Pigs' . tel ! ' ha, hat net cry polite.' Sheep's ears'!' duc'k's breast!' 'that is o dd. Far s , on citizen; with Such a description you cannot be ver;- , auher oils.' "—Letters from 281 us•se. l .,:. 1 Isly last the inhabitants Rostisn Tuf:gliATlMC—On Wcf.nes,... . r :is wallloll its It was of Tynriland were excited by an net the, Nev: „„ c . „,. 1 n Inas I into lerantyr- on the part of the parish p l.iests'eachecl, us front the* ilk- tell. The particulars, as .bey • c..._ havelt appears'that, atter Lou! gtieved parties, are as felhdie,i., were of land rcpt free. to the Betesford had kindly o.a:l n te which , .t'oriland •Cnapel stands—. parishioners—the strui v. e . ~sirtsugtii,,ii. , ,g i his flea liceS, converte4 the priest, with h t..e yie t „ burial ground:and fur which each la- Et part Or this land into . s , , °mon to the extent of the plot required wily were taxed in pis p . , (lied last week, ant,` c - " j A Mrs. 'Nolan . .. ,after the usual ,or build • cha d,„ islidan, proceeded to ira'•e • time her son. . h , ... . , _ ,_, . • .. at 'ran . . ._... icu t OI S (Lett ase , l IDOI tier, and as tIN .f h for the nue, a imili , ,, (I • -, , • , . : i t o 0 her sons - had been 'inter' , ~.,, „. ),,•, , • a I,( i :Lat. pato to priest osse pound fee, I , judge 'I - ': ,! !!ce !11 , mist suitable to depoiit the ' of his ninth remains (9. fht, inie,t,'liiNVie.t:, objected to this, • an • ,ii on Tuesday last, although the grO . Te - ti ax and the fu neral on the vuy to the churebv•lrd, I i io. open, sr cl ' .. to the spot, arid ordered the grace to be clos(;,i he ,2 1 - 4 :: ca up, occ aLing tit none of • the Nolani; should be inten.etthere, and citj . e , d i upon some of the'people to assist 11411 1U closing it . up. ; W I , i ti • Ike exception, . of publican nutned.Farrell, men of sacerdinal ix Intel:Less. t e ' t { :d, 't: t t 8 1 " i l leil u t IC " (1 as s istl 1 th is t the o' ll , the friends of the 'rieceastd turned 4 lsoal c‘ tite ll i. " .h u ntit.• yap and proeeeded io Kilierig wh..re ilw's deyosited tht half' . in the family !Atrial wound of bnote reLoi,fl* of the deteas "i• The cause of so glu-a an insult to the I1i , ;'411 fatbilr, 'may is* explained bri , tlN. Charles Nolan iss drives ts. Cot iiil Bruen and stood I y hiss landlord fearTes,,ty is every Ceebeet its eiefidoces - of Kiestly malize and spiritual ihttiertiduton t atd Cr ea gloirg was assailer} by everssa tificesehi‘h,iznootwaper Nista' bigvuos could. Quakavik lime the late diectign.—Covilieresiilikel‘• • •