The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-15 00:00:00

Oki aga" tbetr u~w „Adopecia,CmoUt.NClL PROCEEDINGS. We i ,, ee Ing of the Town Council was held on the day, for th IL ockc a _ . e purpose of electing four members of Iden, Mitttee, in lieu of Messrs. Molyneux, Shand, the tetis t Nett', who had gone out by rotation. Mr,,, D 7g members were unanimously re-elected. tu t •ars ee e THE NEW GAOL. w itv en tiocii 0.! motion for rescinding the resolution of e Ir e , t itree est ” tOe subject of the proposed caol at th Mtbu t , ate, stood upon the paper, but Mr. Parker Mr, i t :eserit. i ‘t ° 'f i.th il e i r e d el, btheneiskaieur:,:liesawiodulifd the Town-clerk thought he willingly bring the motion Mr " w N-ctE elm • 13 tA cze Ilt having decided in the affirmative, ~s Coq ue , „ nliN moved that the resolution of the see er'ecelltdistion `,17 the 2E,4.th May last, approving of the recom .ctof °f triance Committee, in respect of the ind . ne w b ed, it,_ gaol on the Wavertree-hall estate, be trine a .',r• Blackburn considered the advantage of b, s etra ga r,n at Kirkdale, in contrast with the feeling ii i ` e " l l4ll, wi ;';' the erection of such a structure at Waver „ re w ,„_ re the salubri , ter e *no d uo) ty was doubtful. At Kirkdale iwo u l d , i _ tat all of the salubrity, and the erection r! °. adru e u t t a ' n ° ininry to any man. There would also lit sh hcarl loo ,,ge in erecting the Borough Gaol in the kr 4°1 4 tio of f the County Gaol. As to what had been Ott the ua .. acility afforded by the railway, he could Mt, li.Aittutvirtag o f i t. k g ti `, l why h e I , seconded the motion, and explained the te t ,"epo tuie; ,:'au been a few minutes too late in attend epitT aqu atic l . , He contended that there was a doubt as tue„Ntsd w",°,7 Proposed ; there was a difference of 4 31 7. e be a d oubt there there was a difference of opinion there t eat laud whi c h T heY had a right to go to a situation tent . l aild, ad . there was no doubt. There was suffi the'atXi in ' a blY adapted for the . purpose, to be ob sy NI., rkdale, and b - . Or. 4. . s. atl opt an _ n y perseve . ringi n the course taken, at us , ri, , s __ it certainty instead ot a certainty . . t int e , s 4 csan ged "vtiENcE said his opinion on the subject i;j a st ought t° He thought no consideration of private ‘ tt i et tslr t he w .ere s 7 n al' them when the interests of the question. If the interest of friends bat h e e t Slio' l ith l i t tn t ° l l .and recollections could have any in public wawa t , his feelings would be with Mr. Parker, kils e t ° ,°d, s e , ° t give way upon any point where the %%4 vile sea • concerned. Nor must they give way to bri °than tlt uent as regarded the prisoners. It was . . - Stifil 4 Der 1 01 4 - tr ee ,. ‘ssons what a pity it would be to spoil such Tie T, er pOol tk N O d oubt it was a pity—he felt it so, but 1 .._ -.:011 ety , -, %eu i Leeted ° °lnd not consider such points as these. seeiu,wred il i and his friend Sir Thomas Brancker, who katuil lt Aiely t verPool longer than he did, recollected o h) aei etie ree s i n , many places were there were now L'lsliFgetp."ChlrB44lne". dwellings, There were objections to %ee(iiazotirta.,..„., whiff was the great distance from t r h o e . koo k y, ar k i Luca would he a great check to the p trautitweito shgneonsiderable expense. Mr. Lawrence liekadsitpeitan_vo the advantages of the railway in the I N It I N bee n s ' and the salubrity of Wavertree, which Sep r. ett er r Called the Montpellier of England. He e,_kiaol..T.al Mr. Archer, th e surgeon to the Bo- Nie r 9lr ce Ih"r i le h spoke very favourably of the site at katte r ," . ',„on account both of the salubrity and oft;vellieuce sir. Lawrence concluded by showing the lltr.asusreh,,a;td impropriety of the continual changes hold Tata,;" ° 9ouncil. ye lhaplveb e ;.„,. B e s'd be was opinion that the best lan rteeit"Othe,.l`o enlarge the old gaol, but as Major . ~tha o, a nd i*sd reported so favourably of the site in 41 aukl a f the?, "le council had adopted the recoinmen _..orot, olance C ommittee, he would oppose Mr. tti;:lrt tkitt.Z°""' civilA a t . Pointed out the inconvenience which would % esPectable • e tke e cif r 0,,, n eighbourhood, from the congre to th el ot a pp . , . es and vagabonds who frequented the on the preceding day, when ‘lr.if 'gua r "`I to deal with a set of these people who li r et tlar Plf au h 11'4: been. h, ;11321°1n. 11 e had og with their disorderly girls. He asked 4 - .f.t , said th °- Proceedings were common, and the ~ ,,,,x B. ese characters were a complete pest. tWoiertaNtte.:The police can deal with them. leti h s ton gue :Ile Police! Can any policeman stop . a OA, sld fi n ,,, : (Loud laughter.) I think the police v r.) . that a task of some difficulty. (Renewed kr ~Act r ,„ t ii ailiji "oPett'P° A rt,Fd Mr. Blackburn's motion. tlih7ty°forWitue:ratirueenenekiniew parties who resided in the B e t t ie eta the s i tu . , and he was confident of the ot Yey n ation. As to what had been said as Ale th e bu t ure of the soil, there was certainly a . few t k e cl ay w the bottom was solid rock, while at Kirk t!the ti oaN ti a° ° och deeper without that advantage. 'll4l,4,Clee,ifieYsOrged the necessity of going on speedily, Itive s . l eir onn a tion of the prisoners was a matter of con -4,,,, lay ~I rsD ossiUa n ce, and if they agreed to this resolution 4„_.oi l i d :nt e t o saY When they would proceed. .i'lly titi;itcotbu,itt'e erfere materiall with the ends of justice. li tt rk r ki th ev L e had taken every pains to secure a suitable 11 4 0 4, eY te'rergatlexamined plots of ground at Kirkdale, b.N, th e CO - u t p,„ ll ?ne of thern P suitable for the purpose. "au' bass ,i'"' had been called union to alter a decision '",•44o4,,,ll:inairda:b;rorileetYhrght to have had some additional . cn, but so far from that being done, '11.4 0 113r th v y (lut- ° f the 'Wavertree site was stronger than '' ,C 'ke:gs• j t w ere now assured of the practicability of .•ktu tl l" e c , k e of Zs rri ost extraordinary that Mr. Blackburn, t.% tr:hd it _site fe. ., as too salubrious for a gaol, should itotig„:Corhatt tne building of villas. . , mr. "% . 0 01.; 1 , lltf r. Zander opposed the motion, ana _ . ir 4l, PPDort... r ! f4 ths, Mr. Platt, and Mr. Bramles - es tlei -Eto u - - e it. ' kirk d tske 11414, showedthe increase of expense that Vill as ale , : aee if thev hadt arry all the prisoners to 4° 44 ° he n 4a,t it s was out ° of c the question to buid teener, 'itv,zeheoreause of the railway, so that in reality 44111 4 4 dan s ti c°ll34 lTa l i e ntt that thou s i, 0., —t ter bad on to raa Y argued on a previous occasion, they were ifaharldes ;4141 all their arguments anew like soldiers t ‘ t s . a r li' r the u ., 1- * Evans proceeded to show the reasons in Z4,1 °11 ou„.—!,asure, contending that the arguments vilr,Ored u - u s Te, and that the supporters of the mo a4 et A uts au 110 evidence whatever. ,patiohe '''sultN re 1 . d rue ea 4 th ere Ple , after which the council di- Irk :Primo alMeared 11.4'tart, ~ti•--Messrs. Blackburn, Priestley, Lace. 4..2`10. oheppard, Houghton, Earle, and Bratnley ' f l zr e ck t h e J ill i Ce k°tiot•—Messrs Shand, Shaw, Hodgson, „et, e Ae,°Pelan•H H • H rnby John Holmes, 14 0 , 1 , , .ren„, oeres, o . h . b ok, ottuan7z,kooper. Birkett, Kits aw, G. H. Law rau lti 1, 1 ckee-tolyne.:3rnith, Barclay, Turner,. Freme, _H r Holt, 'sit) •' and t t," l, Moon, Evans, Chilton, Sir ' ,b, l'l tY the Mayor -27. li t :. li e 1, prti° l vll,e, Tne EIRE BILL. SIN the at it'rtic read a report on the Fire Bill, set t.' ~ w as now in the House of Lords, having e l lb t ,krth g) th 'se of Cana n ith the amendments. It k e t m t tfoi et ed rat stro nrop a po w sition in the lords might eta d e ,,e, b e ti r e ° 4 l the w arehouse-keepers, and it would, t y s rli t i ° Prot e e r , es t _s,arY for a strong deputation to be in ht:ll% shoal tt• The committee suggested . that the o lo t k e ated toe°olPany Mr. Turner and Mr. Nicol, w el, geit re g_qoP on the subject. rk . the following letter from Mr. Hal . 4 1 , 0 ail of the Warehouse-keepers' Association: le e l t e 4 lk „,the W 00l Sth August, 18 , q. koh 'l 4 )4t,, °l.B biPful the Ma yor and Town Council. : 1 17 1'1 1,1 8 , 8C tia - tc: i °al requested by the . Warehouse -3110 it . d raw .. and others interested . In _warehouse Sttaa ) It itato w stYollc attention to the Fire Preventio t n e s l tdat ° .ein g „,. °4l ds, and respectfully to remonstra .s.'uptLstreilsittioreoted to the House of Lords, until . 4 e u ' kit t°retne_stfication is made in some of its clauses , tf le .f th e heir e:'•earnestly trust tbat you will be pleased . too4. o et ti l e soo c i i s e to be fully stated before the cornmit i l 'lti l eati kt t in e co the bill, in consideration o ktht;trt:itis kadoOsequence of the various additions and o ealtsave°..n,untiewi3O..tohe said bill, and at t s o o n lat e e m a g p j v r e i n d , th t i Zz l ! tt u e o e t Jeen"nablet timely informa i b plead their cause before itkreAirtiterestatheYfouse of Commons, so as to protect ttai t l l lY of I :„PiPti, had reasonable time be.n t ei e v a 11 in n : '' I t Drue.iPe'Ton they could have prov . e . 41 4 ~ ability of many of its ovisions. tvk ~eu „, ' belltlernan, yours, very respectfully., „ JNO. C. HALLOWES, Nt t Zca th .. Chairman of the Association." ikt.ouselDetition to the lords was read, signed by d_o4, k, ttl ade7,., ll °, l 's of this town. It set forth that the ivt4tisl.l' 4,i'teffiei-e'netae‘. bill since its . first introduction had k Tr . 4 felk 14epr.._Stated that, as there had been a great f/ f efehretteepeTotation as to the part taken by the e ttiu tt , ,tioest.iw,bith regard to the bill, he should offer i L ti e . l ° , , L llit red l ' heY had supported it for the purpose te Zi t s th e ' it hatillsion of insurances, and not for ji V 4 k ana be asserted, of making money by '. 1 P 110 „ le °llliee*t., cla uses th - I e4telh- gelllen • nev were not the r authors h other kk v sgt t lioo. td*i th : e porter clauses, them . , t , uk .e ttate tuella ; but supported h for the 4t e „ lip L. A 4, 1 "111. 4 t o 'm n,,_`` „onlY—the reduction of insurances. , ictv, of h . eoei 7 ',,,, •c ci in its former state, , N..'"l Li % id . " Itlt47:?te their tenant's proportion to the they would lkiittObtr,,, With': l° os required by schedule B--a large liku. poiaegarlbto the management, it was a . 4t4541,44444 Wit w hether or not it would be hadad , Sh e ll di e e wer t o " r,gard to the porters, they ..17, kill. or, 0::::jpap:114,0:11 t don t . l . lose clauses. . , Ot. Nee •o e h c le -, v a dint t° !lolled as to the propriety of the 14 sod h e sed it as derogatory to the dignity of ' liS t /ti r k W all "al° quoted the opinion of the late `ii, 4 ist 4 l,l lf Li o Ite e elle' . e x 01 was in Liverpool. ~ . ;, ; 14 10+ 4t N. ,e4 tnhe• er ar pn , rie, that the proper place for , Itt 44 k ets a }344llPressed similar sentiments. . s l ltt, t Die l)l. co I eX ER, and others were of opinion l'is O l ktm. ti enl a ti e d serve the town Materially in many , t t t 4' l flid , 1 •• Wei ci ka 4 nOt co , k tk ., o e k . p e Me to any decision on the sub ''" ether abruptly at twenty-five minutes ~ l. b._ ti t' 4 A , I, ' 00 ~,ridayr3.--A person named Wm. Fletcher k tli .I s ' 'Of v arg..., efore the magistrates at the Police , ',, k.. : `l';‘,,o. I,3",*Verred by Mr. John Jones, woollen `,.V• at i l'ef t t t ° tile evtle..,oe-street, of stealing a clock. It , go Vp re led a tgenee that a short time ago Mr. s '.PlNo l ‘4 lll ldj ew el le i k from Mr. B. Chadwick, watch ,_tttiNot the Ch: d e r , of Lord -street, for £B. About ;T 'li 4 th e - 00 0 , l ' 1 9( was applied to by Mr. Jones , , Iso teotl th it Sak e d' 'which he promised to do. In the Net h e had day the prisoner called on Mr. Jones, eik . it I, ,A t . -.on e . ,i, ki, 14, c uing 80 on behalf of Mr. Chadwick, t ~, ,- F rta „ ,.. a eobil the clock, said it required some al li, ' l o 't ' ilts7t e tit r tiorT u w o a u s iY i, be done at the the and on ' l ' 'l t qil e i, %M s f a lloWed to take away clock, ' ii. 1 4 on., s fo e ~°l lo d to have been pledged at Mr. th.hitL's bein'2. Sorne inquiry was made about tbt;',, "At►vusse t it discovered that Mr. Chadwick bad ' s, h P. th a " . and l O_Dpi._adivi e e. , _ .on Thursday the prisoner lk, g.,..1?1 had waotirtikteocnohim. an in the he r h n a e d m stolen the '-i2-1---- C ommit r t: to u the sessions. ANNUAL DINNER OF THE LIVERPOOL LI CENSED VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION. The members of this association, together with a large number of their friends, celebrated their thirteenth anni versary on Thursday last, by a grand dinner, at their extensive premises, 59, St. Anne-street, (formerly the Literary and Commercial Institution,) which they have recently purchased as an Asylum for the orphans and others who may have claims on the institution. The large yard behind the building, which extends a conside rable way towards Christian-street, was covered over with sails, and formed a spacious marquee for the banquet, tastefully ornamented with flags, flowers, evergreens, &c. Over the chairman's seat, which, with the table appropri ated for the principal guests, was elevated on one side, was hung a decorated picture of her Majesty the Queen, and opposite to it a painting of Britannia, with suitable inscriptions. The walls were entirely covered with na tional and other flags and banners, and the roof orna mented with wreaths and garlands, with the initials, in large gilt letters, of the Queen and her Royal consort, " L. V.," &c. &c. ; and the light being admitted through the canvass, and also by apertures at both ends, the whole had a very pleasing appearance. Eleven tables, each with two rows of guests, crossed the large area, and afforded ample accommodation for the numerous assembly, which 'lkumL)eral nearly five hundred, and was enlivened by many a G. wives and daughters of the members, handsomely attired. Mr. Parker's Royal Cheltenham Band was sta tioned on a platform at the entrance end, and played at intervals during and after the repast a variety of favourite airs. An efficient body of singers were also present, and, accompanied by the piano, followed up the principal toasts by appropriate glees. The dinner was provided by Mr. Towers, of the Angel Hotel, and was sumptuous and well served, whether as regarded the substantials, the dessert, or the wines. Shortly after three o'clock, the chairman, ALEX. SMITH, jun., Esq., entered the tent, accompanied by the stew ards and principal guests, who took their seats at the same elevated table. Amongst them were—Councillor Robert Jones, Messrs. John Bent, R. Neilson, H. Bullin, Jas. Mellor, J. R. Harde❑ (magistrate and barrister), Peter Wright, W. Davenport, James Lea, John Wood (of Stafford), J. Thompson (of Manchester), J. Yates, sen., &c. The vice-chair was ably occupied by Mr. T. Rees. At the conclusion of the repast, several orphans, male and female, supported by the association, were introduced to the chairman. They were neatly attired, and attracted much attention. After the usual loyal toasts were drunk with all due honours, The SECRETARY was called upon, and read the report for the year, which, on the whole, was of a gratifying nature. It stated that the association had existed rather more than thirteen years, and had had occasionally to contend with the difficulties that usually a' tend the for mation of such societies. Heavy demands had been made upon its funds from time to time, ". to meet what were considered legislatorial encroachments on the freedom and best interests of the trade ; and large sums that might otherwise have been devoted to the charitable objects of the society, were thus necessarily appropriated to protec tive purposes." Nes ertheless, its progress, though slow, was steady and improving, though not to the extent that was desirable. The number of licensed victuallers that had been enrolled since the commencement was 832, of whom only 306 were now on the books, together with 100 honorary members and donors, making a total of 406 contributors. The committee expressed their regret that, amongst a class of tradesmen numbering 1400, a society struggling to form an asylum for the orphans and widows of deceased brethren, and to afford education to the des titute children, should not have obtained the sympathies and active support of at least a large majority of the body. They trusted, however, now that they had purchased that noble edifice, as a comfortable retreat for their fellow creatures in distress, that the whole of the trade would come forward with their support for that purpose, as well as for effective protection in the legal exercise of their business. The trifling subscription of 10s. a-year. from all of them, would enable them to place their institution in a position to rival the noble establishments of their brethren in the metropolis, and to enlist the sympathies of their townsmen at large; and the committee, there fore, earnestly besought their general and cordial support. During the past year the committee had had to provide for the necessities of eight individuals, at an outlay of rather more than £lOO these were—a poor widow, a distressed member of the association, and six orphan children. One of the latter, a female, had been put to a respectable situation, so that the society was relieved from further expense on her account. The cash account of the charitable fund stood thus : DR. To Mr. Molyneux, for the purchase of pre mises in St. Anne-street CR. By Cash in Moss & Co.'s 8ank...... £1520 By Balance .. £2300 The above £1520 includes subscriptions of upwards of £330, of which Mr. J. Bent subscribed £lOO, Mr. Thos. Rees £lOO, Messrs. J. &J. Mellor £5O, Messrs. Gardner & Sykes and Messrs. J. & J. Ackers £25 each, Mr. J. Bent £lO, Mr. W. Hindley £2O, &c. The Secretary also read a letter from the proprietors of the Era, Sunday newspaper, announcing a subscription from them of two guineas. The CHAIRMAN prefaced the next toast by some ap propriate and feeling remarks on the institution and its benevolent objects, than which he knew none more praise worthy—the support and education of orphan children. Another object was to support the widows of deceased members, and another the maintenance of their just and legitimate rights. He regretted that comp/natively bv few of the licensed victuallers had enrolled their names, but. trusted that the institution would in a short time —birh it so justly merited. He pro posed " Prosperity to the Licensed victuallers out:1-ty of Liverpool and its vicinity," which was received with three times three. Mr. BENWELL, formerly of the Theatre-Royal, poet laureate to the association, then sang a very humorous original song, into which he introduced many laughable allusions to parties present. and to passing events. It was received with roars of laughter, and being encored, he sang a number of new verses, of an equally comic character. The following toasts were then drunk, and were ably introduced and responded to :—" The Members for the Borough ;" " The Worshipful the Mayor ;" " The Town Council ;" " The Chairman of the day." The last was proposed in a neat address by Mr. T. BRYDEN, who passed a warm eulogium on the merits of Mr. Smith, adding that he was the first gentleman. not being a brewer or spirit merchant, who had voluntarily come forward to preside over them. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN made an appropriate and feeling re ply. It was with diffidence that he acceded to the request to take the chair, but when he was informed that it would be of advantage to the charitable object they had in view, he did not for one moment hesitate to comply. He should be happy to give his support to so laudable an institution, and it would be a source of gratification to him if his example should induce others to give them a helping hand. (Cheers.) He then proposed the health of the Vice-Chairman, who had shown his earnestness in their behalf by the handsome donation of which they had heard. Mr. REES returned thanks in an address of considera ble length and no little eloquence, in which he feelingly dwelt on the advantages of the society, particularly as regarded its charitable_ objects. He concluded by pro posing the health of Mr. Bent, who replied. Mr. HUGHES then ably proposed " The Trustees of the Association," to which also Mr. BENT responded, in one of the best and most business-like addresses of the evening. The toast of " The Licensed Victuallers' Society of London " followed, and was replied to in a very feeling manner by Mr. HIDDLE, one of its members, who ex plained its progress, and expressed a strong conviction that the Liverpool Association would, by perseverance, be yet enabled to rival it. At this period of the evening, subscriptions and dona tions were received by the chairman, vice-chairman, and other officers, from parties present. These were announced as received, and were very considerable, but we did not learn the amount. The several announcements were re ceived with much applause. " The Honorary Members and Donors " was the next toast, which was followed by " The Bar," connected with the name of Mr. Harden. Mr. HARDEN ably replied. He returned his cordial thanks, as a humble member of the bar, and considered the high honour paid to himself was in consequence of his having happened to succeed in one or two cases in de fending publicans against what he could not but consider an arbitrary law. There was a day when, in this country, no man could be tried or fined or imprisoned but by his peers; but that day was gone by, and now they were fined at the discretion of a bench of magistrates, on the evidence of witnesses who were paid for their zeal in laying infor mations. The police-officers—he said so advisedly—in the shape of an allowance for extra time, were paid for laying the information—paid for serving the summons— and paid for attending and giving evidence in court — pay for serving the summons, and for his time in giving evidence. It was difficult to defend such cases success fully, and to be successful in such an effort was to him a sufficient reward, without the praise which they had pleased to confer upon him. A man's house in England was formerly his castle ; bnt a publican's house was now exempt from that privilege. An extra allowance was paid to informers for extra officiousness, and now it depended on the arbitrary decision of a pair of justices, grounded on the uncorroborated evidence of a paid wit ness, whether a man should be mulcted in his pocket—in jured in his character, and his license be in jeopardy. He could assure them, however, that in whatever situation he acted, whether as a member of the bar, or in the higher ca pacity which he was empowered to exercise in another county, he should:ever consider iflhis duty, as it was his de sire, carefully to protect the liberty of the subject against what be considered to be an invasion of his constitutional rights. If the present system be carried on—if the police be dressed in plain clothes, and engaged in spies—if their domicilary and impertinent visits to respectable men's houses, at all hours of the day and night, be encouraged —and if the pernicious system of extra allowance for extra officiousness be continued instead of that degree of respect and confidenee which is essential to their efficiency, the police will justly be exposed to pubiic odium and disre. spect. He concluded by saying that he should always raise his voice against a system, which he had no hesi tation in pronouncing to be at once unconstitutional, un-English, and oppressive. (Loud cheers.) The toast of " The Strangers present" was replied to by Mr. R. NELSON, who proposed " The Lancashire Witches," which was drunk with enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Press," in a com plimentary manner. Mr. MARTIN, of the Mail-office, briefly and ably re sponded ; and the company shortly afterwards separated, highly pleased with the proceedings of the day. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD CH ESTER ASSIZES. CROWN C 013 RT.—TutsDAy. FATHER MATHEW. The simple public, in their admiration of the supposed good effects of Father Matthew's labours amongst the lovers of strong drink, have resolutely shut their eyes to the nature of the movement of which teetotalism is a mighty instrument. On Sunday last, however, it will be seen that the display of the Romanist leaders of the move ment in question was a little too offensive to escape repre hension, and gave rise to a scene which perhaps may con vince these worthy personages that the Protestant spirit of this country, when once fairly roused, will not brook the insult with which they would fain visit it. The scene in question, which took place on Sunday last, is thus de seribed by the London Times, whose reporter has up to this time larded " The Apostle" after no unsparing fashion. A capacious hustings and barrier had been erected on the northern side of the Haymarket, and at an early hour a number of persons, decorated with green scarfs, and bearing wands with brass crosses on the top of them, arrived with a banner, which they at once erected at the back of the platform. It was of very large dimensions, composed of green silk, and bore at its top the words " Somers-town Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Asso ciation." In the centre were full-length portraits of St. Patrick and Father Mathew, the latter attired in the robes of a Roman Catholic priest, and under them were in scribed the words " the two Apostles of Ireland." On the obverse was St. Aloysius,' the instructor of youth, kneeling to two bleeding hearts, with a cross through them. The entire place presented the appearance of a fair, and if the temperance movement in this quarter did no good to any one else, the venders of ginger -beer and fruit, not to except the publicans, reaped a plentiful har vest. Some of the temperance advocates commenced ad dressing the multitude assembled prior to the arrival of Father Mathew, and it was certainly most ludicrous to see the rush that was made into the various public houses in the vicinity the moment the clock struck one, despite the entreaties of those on the platform. The " great apostle," who had been performing mass and preaching in the Virginia-street Roman Catholic , Chapel, arrived shortly after one o'clock in a bright green carriage, accompanied by Father Moore and two or three ladies. There were at this time about 2000 persons pre sent, but with the exception of the slight cheering of the parties before alluded to in the green scarfs and bearing the crosses, the rev, gentleman reached the hustings almost unnoticed. At this time large bodies of the con gregation returning from divine service at Si. Mary's, Dr. Dodsworth's church, in the immediate vicinity, min gled with the crowd, and loud and repeated were the marks of disapprobation manifested at the banner emble matical of Romanism, hoisted above the platform. Father MATHEW came forward to the front of the hust ings, and proceeded to address the assembly. He said that in carrying out this work of temperance on a Sunday, after attending divine service, he believed he was perform ing a holy work. These temperance meetings were purely religious ones, and therefore he was committing no dese cration of the Sabbath day. They had assembled to pro mote the observance of that great cardinal virtue of tem perance, and in doing so the Deity was as much pleased with it as with any other Christian work in the world. They had among them all shades of religious and political opinions, and they did net interfere with the religion of any man. (Cries of " oh," and " look at your banner.") A most respectably-dressed gentleman, and who had very much the appearance of a clergyman, here interrupt ed the " apostle," and pointing to the banner, called on Father Mathew to state why, professing as he did not to interfere with the religious feelings of any man, he should insult Protestants by, having that Roman Catholic banner placed above his head ? Another person called out, "Take it down; it is too bad to have a flag with Romish saints emblazoned on it waving over everything." (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Father Mathew.—lt is not my flag. I did not observe it before. The person who first spoke to Father Mathew desired to know under whose authority it had been so elevated; to which the rev. gentleman replied that he did not know; it ought not to have been put up, and had better be taken down. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Father Moore would not take it down to please him (addressing Father Mathew). The gentleman said it ought to be taken down instantly, and the keeping it up there would be a breach of faith. If they came there as men of temperance, or total absti nence men, they did not come there as Jesuits or Roman ists. Father Mathew said the Jesuits were no supporters of - - - - their society ; and here there were cries from several Irish men of " Turn him out ; make him hold his tongue.; how dare he speak against the Apostles ? " A rush was made by some of the men in green scarfs towards the gentle man for the purpose of removing him, and a large body of the meeting at once surrounded him, and seemed de termined to resist any such attempt, some crying out, " That won't do in this country," and others, " The gentleman is quite right—take down the banner." A serious collision seemed inevitable, when Father Mathew called out, " For Heaven's sake don't interfere with him ; don't put him out; pray let him remain; the banner had better be taken away." _ _ One of the men in green scarfs.—Why should it be re moved ? It is only for beastly prejudice sake they oppose it. Father Mathew (addressing Father Moore).—Take it down; take it down. If it were St. Patrick, and I alone up there, they would'nt mind; but it is St. Alovsius they don't nice. Father Moore called to the me❑ to fold it up if they could, and several persons in the crowd called out for it to be, taken down : and Father Mathew at once insisted that it should be taken down, or they would have a dis turbance, and after considerable reluctance was exhibited on the part of the men in green scarfs the obnoxious ban ner was removed. Father Mathew hoped they would hear no more about the banner, and having further addres sed the assembly called for a batch to titre the pledge and about 150 persons, nearly all Irish, came forward to re ceive it. Shortly after two o'clock the influx of visiters to Cum berland Market became very great, and between threeand four o'clock there could not have been fewer than 10,000 to 15,000 persons present. At four o'clock Father Ma thew administered the pledge to a batch, which he called the Rev. Mr. Herne's batch, of the Roman Catholic cha pel, Somers-town, and which he said was at least from 400 to 500 strong. Father Mathew said this made nearly 3,000 that day, and he believed he should have 10,000 before he left off. TURN-OUT OF FACTORY HANDS. It is somewhat remarkable that the anniversary of the late memorable strike in the manufacturing districts should have been selected by the mill-operatives at Ashton for another trial of strength betwixt themselves and their employers. Another general turn-out has been effected in this place, the principal features of which we proceed to lay before our readers. On Friday week the spinners in the employ of Mr. Buckley, at Ashton, turned out in con sequence, as alleged, of a reduction of wages. They pa raded the streets during the day, and in the evening held a large meeting, which was presided over by Pilling, one of the chartists lately tried along with O'Connor. Meet ings were subsequently held on almost every day in last week, from 5000 to 6000 persons assembling on each oc casion, and always dispersing without committing any breach of the peace ; and though the streets were daily crowded with groups of working people of both sexes, who lounged listlessly about, there was no interruption to the general quiet state of the town. It is understood that the turn-outs have come to the determination of confining the turn-out strictly within the limits of the town of Ashton. On Friday all the mills at Stalybridge continued working, but all those in Duckinfield were stopped, with the exception of two. At Ashton the number of hands who have turned out amougts to 12,519. The men have issued an address to the master spinners, setting forth their alleged grievances and enumerating the prices at which they will consent to return to work ; and Mr. Buckley has published a letter, in which he states that he was only effecting a reduction in his establishment to place it on the same footing with other mills. It is stated that, at Stalybridge, the operatives are making arrangements to propose lists to the masters before they turn out; and the only question with them is, whether they should or should not defer the tnrn-out till after that at Ashton has ter minated, and the factory hands there shall have returned to their work. The Manchester papers of Saturday contain long re ports of the speeches made at the various meetings ; but we cannot from any of them discover a single new fea ture in the existing differences. The police and military are fully prepared for any outbreak ; but from the appa rent temper of the men we cannot see ground for alarm that any such unfortunate occurrence will take place. The lists of prices, &c. agreed upon by the men were to be submitted to the masters; and as a general feeling of conciliation appears to prevail on both sides, hopes are entertained that the strike will very shortly be brought to an end. Te this conclusion the good cense of the opera tives will doubtless lead them, notwithstanding the scur rilous invectives in which Pilling and a few others, whose trade is agitation and disorder, indulge against their em ployers. The fact is, we believe, that a large number of the spinners are exceedingly averse to this movement, know ing it to be a very foolish affair • but they are unfortu nately under the controul of others, led on by three or four designing men, who find agitation a far more easy and profitable employment than working at their own trades ; and who are, therefore, at all times ready to in stigate quarrels between the men and their employers, utterly reckless of the misery and wretchedness which they entail upon the former. SWEEP FOR THE ST. LEGER.—There is now open at Mr. Whiteman's, the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-at., a sweepstakes for the St. Leger, which offers considerable advantages to those who adventure small sums in such amusing speculations.—See Advertisement. A deputation, consisting of William Dixon, jun., Esq., from Liverpool, chairman, and James Moore, Esq,, chairman, from Bristol, accompanied by Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., had an audience with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on subjects connected with the wine and spirit tiade. MURDER.—We gave in our last the first portion of an inquest held on the previous day before the borough co roner, on the body of Margaret Dillon, whose death was occasioned by injuries received from a man of the name of Rollen, who was in custody. On Tuesday, Mr. Arnott, surgeon was examined, and after the depositions of se veral witnesses, the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against the prisoner, and he was committed under the coroner's warrant to take his trial at the next assizes, the witnesses being bound to appear in recogni. sauces of 4100 each. CUTTING AND WOUNDING. Thomas O'Neil, 29, was indicted for cutting and wound ing Joseph Roberts, at Birkenhead, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. It appeared that on the 19th of June, the prisoner and the prosecutor, with some forty or fifty other labourers had been celebrating the roofing of a house at Birkenhead. During the evening a dispute occurred hetween O'Neil and a man named Seddon ; when the former was once or twice knocked down. The prosecutor took no part in the affray. Roberts started about ten o'clock at night, and on the way was assaulted by the prisoner, who came behind him and struck him a heavy blow with a bludgeon under the right eye, which knocked him down and rendered him insensible. The assault was observed by two or three men who had parted from the prisoner a few minutes before, and who had seen him flourishing the bludgeon over his head. The prose cutor was confined to his bed for a week. and is still suf fering from the effects of the blow. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence, ]8 months' imprisonment. MURDER AT STOCKPORT. James Ratcliffe, 58, tobacconist, was indicted for the murder of his wife, Elizabeth Ratcliffe, at Stockport, by stabbing her with a knife. it appeared that the prisoner and the deceased were man and wife, and from the loose habits of the former they had for a very long time lived together in a state of great unhappiness, so much so, in deed, that the deceased's life was often in danger. On Sunday, the 22d of June, the prisoner asked permission to sit down in a neighbour's house, which was granted him. His wife shortly afterwards came in, when the pri soner said he was poorly, and she must fetch him a doc tor. She replied, I have no money, and did not go. He then asked her to fetch him some water, which she did, and held it to his lips while be drank it. She then went and sat down in another part of the house ; and the pri soner having gradually drawn his chair close to her, (with out any provocation) suddenly sprang up, drew a knife from his sleeve, and inflicted such wounds upon her as to cause her death on the following day. The prisoner was found guilty on the clearest evidence, and the Judge sentenced him to death without hope of mercy. CROWN COU RT.-THURSDAY. MURDER. George Redfern, aged 22, was this morning placed at the bar, charged with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Mitchell, at Macclesfield, on the 24th June last, by throw ing her into the canal, by beating and wounding her, and by strangling her with his hands. The case lasted the whole day, and ended in a verdict of acquittal. CIVIL COURT.-FRIDAY. THE WILL CAUSE. In the important will cause, Doe Dem Forest v. Forest, which came before the court this morning, a verdict was returned for the defendant. WORTHINGTON V. GRIMSDITCH, M.P. This was an action brought by Mr. Thomas Worthing ton, the administrator of Miss Duncalf, against Mr. Thomas Grimsditch, M.P. for Macclesfield, for the re covery of the sum of £3,489 upon bonds passed at various times, with the interest thereon. The defendant pleaded first, that he had paid ; and secondly, he pleaded the sta tute of limitations. Mr. Jervis and Mr. Welsby appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Evans and Mr. V. Williams for the defendant. It appeared from the statement of counsel, the docu ments, and the evidence, that the late Miss Duncalf was the survivor of three sisters, and the representative of a wealthy family, and that Mr. Grimsditch was a distant relative, and commonly called himself a "cousin." He had formerly been an articled clerk, and subsequently be came the law agent of the Adlington property, upon which property Miss Duncalf resided, and rented a farm. Mr. Grimsditch was appointed the collector of her rents, and, being but indifferently supplied with money when he started in life, commenced to raise money from her on bond so far back as the year 1810. He continued to bor row for years afterwards, until at length the sum borrowed amounted to that which was now claimed. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff. PUBLICANS, &c.—Two publicans were on Friday fined at the Police-court £1 and £2, for infringing the law ; one beer-house keeper was fined 205., and two were acquitted. The members of the New Share Brokers' Association, at Liverpool, have adopted a resolution to close the New Stock Exchange at two o'clock on Saturdays. GRAND CONCERT.—Miss Whitn ,11 announces, in an other column, a very attractive concert, for which some unrivalled vocalists have been engaged. MARRIAGE DURING CHURCH SERVICE.—On Sunday forenoon last a couple, apparently in rather humble life, were married at St. James's Church, in the presence of the entire congregation, as soon as the banns of their mar riage were read for the third time. INQUEST. — On Saturday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Archibald Bitten, a seaman, aged 50. It appeared that on the previous day the deceased lot his life by accidentally falling from the bowsprit of a vessel in one of the docks, by which he was drowned.—Verdict accordingly. NEW MAGISTRATE AND DEPUTY LIEUTENANT. — George Stanfield, Esq., of Burnley, qualified as a magis trate for the county, at the Preston Sessions, on Friday • ..._ 1 • • took the oaths on being appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the county. CRICKET.—The return match at cricket was played on Wednesday last, the 9th instant, between the Manchester and Liverpool clubs, on the ground of the former club in Moss-lane, when the Manchester club beat the Liverpool in one innings, the score being, Manchester Ist innings, 313; Liverpool Ist and 2d innings, 49. THE LIVERPOOL THEATRE-ROYAL. — Lord Brougham, on Thursday night, presented a petition to the House of Lords from the proprietors of the Theatre-Royal, Liver pool, stating that the Theatres Regulation bill would most seriously affect their property, and praying that the bo rough of Liverpool may be exempted from its operation. "TILE JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON."—There is now on sale at Mr. Jones's, South John-street, (as will be seen by the advertisement \ an excellent picture by an eminent artist, embodysng this fine subjeci, from the Ist Book of Kings, 16th to 27th verses. The admirers of scriptural pieces would find it a great acquisition to their collections, and it may be purchased—such are the pressure of the times—for a very moderate sum. REMORSE OF CONSCIENCE.—Mr. Priestley, chemist Lord-street, lately received a letter, bearing the London post-mark, and containing a full sheet of penny stamps, with the following words :—" Sir,—Accept one pound's worth of stamps from a sinner who once wronged you to that extent, and who is desirous of expressing his repent ance.—Sir, yours, ." Mr. Priestley has no idea of the party from whom the letter comes. CASE OF ANDERSON.—Mr. Dowling, commissioner of police for the borough, is at present in France on a jour ney of discovery connected with the recent robbery of Hayter Blackmore, Esq. M.P., the circumstances of which recently transpired at our police-court. Mr. Dowling went by way of Boulogne for the purpose of tracing one of the £lOOO notes, of which he expects to find traces some where about the French capital. Another £lOO note, it is said, has been traced to Anderson. ROBBERY AT LIscARD.—On Saturday last a respect able-looking female, named Elizabeth Morton, who had formerly kept a respectable milliners' shop in Bold-street, Liverpool, was committed for trial from the Birkenhead Police-court, on two charges, of stealing from Mrs. Wynne and Mrs. Bolton, of Liscard. The former lady she had lodged with, and in her absence had decamped with a table-cloth and two silver spoons ; and from the latter she was charged with stealing a silver tooth-pick, which she took off a table at Mrs. Bolton's house, during the time she had left the room to fetch money to pay for a dress she had been making. WATER-TIGHT Bo Lx-H Enos.—ln noticing in a recent article, the water-tight bulk heads of an iron vessel, we attributed the invention of that plan, for strength and safety, to our townsman, Mr. John Laird, who has, in nearly all the iron ships he has built, adopted the princi ple. We find that the merit is due to our townsman, Charles Wye Williams, Esq.. of the City of Dublin Steam Navigation Ship Company, by whom it was first applied to, we believe, the Royal William, and the Royal Ade laide. The principle is so admirable that there can be no doubt but that if the steam-ship Solway, and, more recently, the Pegasus, been built upon it, the lamentable fatalities that attended them would have been avoided. CASE OF STABBING.—A respectably-dressed young man, named William Williams, was yesterday brought before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having stabbed a man of the same name, who yet remained in so dangerous a state that he could not appear in court. It appeared in evidence that a quarrel had ensued in the street between the prisoner and the other man, and the latter was seen to take a knife and stab his assailant in the side. The knife (a pen-knife with a large blade at one end) was pro duced, and was stained with blood. It was ordered to be kept in the state in which it was. The prisoner said that he was twice knocked down and maltreated b} the man without provocation, and stood in his defence. Mr. Rushton said he must be remanded, until the fate of the wounded man were known ; but, if the prisoner could prove his allegation of violence in the meantime, he should admit him to bail. COLLISION ON TIIE RIVER.--On Tuesday, and by adjournment on Wednesday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on the body of William Johnson, who, as we stated in our last, lost his life by the upsetting of a boat which was run foul of by one of the Rock Ferry steamers on Friday week. Several of the passengers on board the steamer deposed to the circumstances attending the acci dent, and entirely acquitted the captain from all blame. It appeared that the engineer was below at the time look ing after the flues. John Turner, a private in the Royal Sappers and Miners, produced a neat plan of the pier and river, showing the position of the boat, aad the position and course of the steamer. He stated that he and others called out loudly to those on board the steamer. The boat also bailed the steamer, and there was an answer by the waive of the hand, and the steamer altere d her course and si rved inward a little, but turned outward again. There was no impediment in the shape of a bank, or any , thing of that sort, to prevent the steamer from going be tween the boat and the pier, as there was fifteen feet of water and a width of twenty-five yards. After several other witnesses had been examined, the coroner explained the l aw of the case, and the jury, after an absence of half an hour, returned into court, and delivered a verdict of " Manslaughter" against the captain. The coroner said he had nothing to do but receive the verdict, though it was directly at variance with his own opinion. The wit nesses were bound to appear at the nest assizes in recog- CORRESPONDENCE. NEW ROADS AT BIRKENHEAD TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,—I was much pleased the other day by a visit to the town and township of Birkenhead, after a considera ble absence from that locality, to observe the rapid in crease of population, and the erection of numerous and handsome new streets, public buildings, &c. I find, also, that " the authorities" have laid out many new streets, in prospective, over a large area, towards Oxton and Bidston Hill. They have, however, made a great mistake, or rather omission as regards these roads. All of them are macadamized with sharply broken stones, so that no man who has a regard for his horse or his wheels will xtn counter them. Had they been laid down with'gravel in the first instance, they would have been available at once, and might have been made permanent by macadamizing as they were required. As they now are I would advise that the stones should be covered with a thin layer of pounded sandstones, of which there is abundance in the neighbourhood, and, if then rolled with a heavy roller, they would in a few weeks become good smooth roads. It was generally supposed, when macadamizing was first introduced (and the opinion held for many years,) that the " metal," or material, must be allowed to compact of itself, by the continued action of wheels passing over it. This is a mistaken notion. The stones will not biad until their sharp edges be ground off, and the pounded matter be sufficient to fill up the interstices, and they are thus kept tumbling about for months, even in a thoroughfare, to the injury of horses' hoofs and the annoyance of tra vellers, until those on the top surface are worn as round as eggs, and cannot afterwards become so firmly bound together. lam borne out in this opinion by the survey ors of the streets of Liverpool. Part of London-road was macadamized a few weeks ago, and a layer of broken sandstones was put upon it a priori. In a few day 3 it be came smooth and firm. Another portion of the same street is now being done in the same manner. In Birken head there is a greater necessity for the adoption of a si milar plan, as the number of vehicles is but few. The object of those who have laid out these roads, is, more over, to sell the land on each side for building ; and the ease and convenience of visiters ought the more to be con sidered.—l am, Sir, &c. A FRIEND TO BIRKENHEAD. Liverpool, 14th August, 1843. DESIGNS FOR THE TERRACES OF THE PRINCE'S PARK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Some time since an advertisement appeared in the papers inviting architects to furnish designs for the proposed terraces in the Prince's Park, according to the particulars furnished by Messrs. Foster and Stewart and A. and G. Williams, architects. Twenty designs were sent in; nine of them only were in accordance with the regulations, and the remaining eleven more or less con trary to the instructions, and therefore ought, in justice to those gentlemen who had followed the instructions, to have been at once rejected. It was particularly mentioned that no attic story should be allowed to appear above the cornice, and also that the drawings should be tinted in sepia only. Notwithstanding this, two of the designs, Nos. 6 and 14, having an attic story appearing above the cornice and partly tinted in colours, have had the premi ums awarded to them ! However clever the drawings may be in themselves, nothing certainly can warrant such a decision. If the instructions were not intended to be followed, it was no use printing them as a guide to deceive. The professional men of the town ought, I think, to take steps to protest against, and to prevent in future, such want of faith in parties advertising for designs. It is surely unfair to tie down competitors to certain rules, and, when they, in the hope of success, devote much time and expense to produce plans in accordance with such rules, to leave them to the mortification of learning (after those plans have been publicly exhibited) that they are all rejected, and that others contrary to the rules are accepted. Simple justice, I think, demands that all those who followed the rules should at least be paid for their drawings.—l am, sir, yours, &c., COMPENSATION FOR PERSONAL INJURY DONE BY A CARTER.—SO far back as the 13th of May, in the present year, a little boy of three years and a half old, named Harper, while crossing Roscommon-street, was run over by a cart, and so much injured in the left hand that am putation of the little finger was found necessary. He was also injured in the leg, and was unable to appear before the magistrate, at the Police-court, until Wednesday last, when he was brought up by his parents, who preferred a claim for compensation, for personal injury, under the 197th clause of the local act of 1842, " for the improve ment, &c. of the borough." It appeared that on the day in question William Topping, the defendant, who is a carrier between this town and Winstanley, was, with his two carts, passing along the street named, at a leisurely pace, and some two or three yards in advance of the first cart, when the child, wishing to cross the street, got be tween the two carts, was knocked down in doing so by the horse in the second cart, and was injured as stated, by the wheel, which crossed his hand and leg. One of the witnesses was strongly of opinion that had there been a driver to the second cart the misfortune would not have happened, as the boy could easily have been got out of the way. The accident was so sudden that those who saw it had not time to get up to him. The father stated that the child had but imperfect use of his fore finger and giant p:1 that the hand was disabled for life. His leg sewed up in three places. Mr. Booth spid there had cer tainly been great carelessness as regarded the parents, or their servant, but the defendant was also much to blame, and the law must be enforced. A carter was allowed by law to drive two carts on th& highway, but not in any of the streets in the borough. The defendant, who appeared much to regret the accident, and had come from Win stanley to settle the matter, said he had for years driven, the two carts, which he always did leisurely, and no such accident had ever occurred before. He added, that he had ix children to support, and hoped th e fi ne wou ld b e modFrate, as he did not see the child. Mr. Booth said he should have had another driver, and must pay the sum of £5 as compensation to the plaintiff, in default of which distraint upon his carts and horses must follow. On re ferring to the clause in the act, we find that £5 is the full extent of the fine that can be imposed. This is, we be lieve, the first fine ordered under the act, and we notice the fact more particularly as a caution to drivers of carts or other vehicles in our streets. THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION .—The excellent schools at this institution are again in active progress ; and as a number of prizes for superiority in the several branches of science and learning are already announced, we doubt not but the pupils will acquit themselves at the next ex amination in a manner that will do honour to themselves and their talented teachers. The exhibition is still open, and will remain so for a short period. it has been re duced, and is confined to the upper rooms of the build ing; but it still comprises the extensive collection of pictures, and all the most valuable articles that were originally contributed ; and the price of admission is so low, that those who have not seen the collection would do well to avail themselves of the opportunity. The institu tion now presents another source of interest and instruc tion in the series of lectures in course of delivery by our talented townsman Dr. Brett, "on Heat and Combus tion," That gentleman delivered the first lecture (of a course of six) on Tuesday evening, and was listened to with great attention. He began by directing the attention of the audience to the effects of heat on matter of various kinds,—solid, liquid, or gaseous. He showed the ex pansion of metals by an experiment with a brass rod, fitted accurately into a groove when cold, and which when hot elongated, and no longer occupied the same space. He explained the dilation of liquids as in the case of quicksilver, water, and alcohol, and that of gases by the great expansion of the atmosphere on only a small amount being applied to it when in a glass tube or bulb. The various instruments employed for measuring heat, in cluding the recently introduced thermo-electric instru ments, was next considered ; and he then noticed the different heat-conducting powers of various bodies, as exemplified in solids, liquids, and aereform fluids. The imperfect indication of slight differences of temperature, afforded by the common sensitive powers, was next con sidered, with especial reference to the application of the facts deduced in selecting articles of clothing. The radiation of heat, and its radiation from polished metalic reflectors, was then explained by experiments ; and, in conclusion, referred to the facts hitherto dis covered with respect to central heat.—On Friday the second lecture was delivered in continuation of the subject. The lecturer commenced by an experiment showing the imperfect power of water as a conductor of heat. He produced a glass tube filled with ice at the bottom and water at the top ; the upper part was applied to a lamp until the water boiled within an inch of the ice, yet the ice did not melt. He then passed on to the consideration of solar and terrestrial heat. Heat passing from the sun through a transparent convex medium, as a burning glass, was so radiated that it set bodies on fire, although glass was not a very good conductor of heat ; but terrestrial heat had no such power, though it was not impossible but it might have it in a very slight degree. He then calcu lated the thermo-electric pile, and explained several of Malloni's discoveries with that instrument, showing that caloric rays were retarded by certain transparent media, and that heat passing from one substance to another was not conveyed, when a piece of glass intervened, by induc tion, but by radiation, independently of the inductive process. He showed, by a galvanometer, the effect of heat when conveyed directly to an object without inter ruption, and the difference that took place when various substances were interposed, such as glass, alum, and rock salt. These had various powers in retarding the trans mission of heat by radiation. Sulphate of copper, though translucient, obstructed the passage of every ray of heat. Alum allowed all the rays to pass but three. The trans• parency of the media was not essentially connected with their povier to transmitting or permitting the passage of heat, fora, piece of unpolished glass so opaque that it could not be seen through would still convey heat. He then came to the consideration of specific heat, which meant the quantity of heat required to raise different substattes to the same temperature, which he illustrated by a tobje showing the relative heat required for water, mercury, sulphur, glass, and the various metals. He then noticed latent heat, which could not be measured by the thermometer, and concluded by a number of interesting experiments on liquefaction and vaporization—showing the process of producing ice artificially, and the sudden manner in which the thermometer was effected by immer sion in it and in water alternately. On its being immersed in sulphate of soda and muriatic acide, it descended from 68deg. to under 30deg.; but muriate of lime mixed with snow would cause a still greater depression. The suc ceeding lectures take place on Tuesdays and Fridays, and will be more interesting as they proceed, as they will have reference to combustion as connected with the late de structive fires in the town. PARLIAMENTARY EXTRACTS. A HEAVY HIT AT THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE. -I will say one word about agitation, not only with refer ence to repeal, but extending a little further. I see now many who do not care about repeal, but who care a great deal about fixity of teuure, which means confiscation of land (hear, hear); the destruction of property, the abro gatio i of all rights of property whatever (hear, hear); whiei means, turning tenant into landlord, and the culti vator into owner (hear, hear); that is a:popular doctrine, and very likely to be well received, coming from those whohave little property, by those who have none. (" Hear," and a laugh.) That is very likely to make some way in Ireland, and accordingly, I have heard there is something of preaching non-payment :u' rent and converting the landlord's rent int.; repeal rL , it, and that is begun to be felt already. The law is strong enough to deal with it; if not, it ought to be, and I think it is. But do not let I any one suppose that that is wholly an Irish doctrine, I (Hear, hear.) Repeal is an Irish doctrine; repeal will I never cross the Channel. There was only one English member, now no longer in Parliament, to support it, and there will be no more to support it in Parliament. But fixity of tenure, the destruction of property, is not Irish, it is ' not local ; it is as likely to spread in England as in Ire- I land. (Hear, hear.) I should say rather more likely, and let all in England as in Ireland beware how they al low it to be introduced. ( Hear, titan I should not have said so much, had 1 not heard something said in the other house of Parliament, coming from a certain ntiarter there, that fixity of tenure, if a thing not to be ati,...mpted, was a subject for consideration. (Hear, hear.) It is, indeed, a subject for grave consideration, for alarmed considera tion. (Hear, hear.) It strikes at the root of society (hear, hear)—of all government ; and if not put down with a firm hand and with a strong and unhesitating judg ment, it will outstrip all the efforts of all the enemies of the country, in working the ruin and degradation of this mighty empire.—Lord Broughat. 's speech on Lord Ro , den's motion. EFFECT OF AGITATION IN IRELAND—It must be recollected, that no one was more strenuous for the Roman Catholics than my noble friends and myself—that we have always shown ourselves very strenuous in resist ing those measures that necessity did not wring from us, of coercion against the Irish people—that we always stood their defenders against all attacks, and that the sacrifice we, on this side, mad , for between 20 and 30 years, when Lord Grey was at our head—from the year 1807 to 1830 — sacrifices of the dearest objects to all statesmen—that of being in a position to carry their principles into action— for any one worthy of the name of statesman ought to be satisfied with nothing less than carrying out his principles into effect—that all these sacrifices were no doubt in a great measure made because we would not give up the claims of the Irish Catholics, which we had made an individual part of_ our own proper cause, and from which nothing could tear us until they were carried. Therefore I may consiler we are giving them the advice of friends rather than hostile or suspicious advice. Then we tell them that their present course is fatal to them (hear, hear); that it is fatal to their own object ; that the agitation under which they are living is the greatest evil and pest under which Ireland can suffer (hear, hear), and while they are told that they are miserable on account of not having a share of the established church revenues (hear, hear), —a thing which could not by possibility affect the interest or estate, or life, or conversation, or happiness of any one individual of the whole 6.000,000 of Catholics--they are made miserable, poor, kept idle, starving, and without wages, by that want of cap ital that want of employment, which they owe e n ti re l y to their agitation, and which if they left (f agitation and took to peaceable courses, and left their agitators in vain to call these meetings, would fall again into those channels of Irish industry which would once more make the country happy and improving. (Hear, hear.) That is the advice I tender to the Irish people.—Lord Brougham's speech on the motion of Lord Roden. AMERICAN SYMPATHY WITH REPEAL.—One word more as to foreign interference with this agitation. I quite agree with my noble friend the noble duke that it is con fined to a few individuals, and that it does not extend to any foreign governwent ; on the contrary, where it has last broken out is in a party, one of the most moderate in point of extent, one of the smallest in point of amount, one, I was going to say, ridiculously ludicrous in the dis proportion of the phraseology used to the money collected (a laugh) and to the means and, I would also say, to the importance of the parties, for they are to my thinking but unimportant who have so spoken; but I have reason to say that that politic and wise prince, who is as true a friend of the peace of this country as he is of the tran quillity of his own, and not only he, but his Ministers— all men, in fact. who deserve the tame of statesmen, all who deserve to be known, who deserve to be numbered amongst political characters, who deserve well of the mass of good society in the French capital, are only moved to pity at that demonstration. But no doubt there has been across the Atlantic a demonstration of a little more im portance ; but it is not of Americans, it is confined almost entirely to emigrants, and I have shown you how little they gain in thus taking hold of foreign agitation and fo reign alliance with repeal. They say, " Oh, let us save the wretched, ill-treated, poor Irish from the misery of their situation by the repeal of the union !" I have illus trated how much that would be lessened by the operation of that which would cut them off for ever ; but they say, We helped the Americana in their distress, and there fore they will hell, us; it was the same case with the Ame ricans in the war of 1776." But the whole question then iye r lobe,t,lnAtritrkli b sho i nlL)e .. 4xsd by the British Par ment. If instead of that the Americans had had 134:0r, I would venture to say, 54—perhaps 1 might add the odd 4 (a laugh), you never would have heard of the American war, and the Congress would have remained, as some say, an ornament of the British Crown, or, as others say, a millstone about its neck. But I have seen it said that a person named Tyler, said to be a relation of the Presi dent, has taken part in this agitation. No one is answer able for the fooleries—the excessive fooleries—any one of his family pleases to commit (a laugh); and I do not for one moment believe that, as has been said, the President has written a letter to say that his heart and soul were in the cause. I will not believe it until 1 see the letter. Mr. Tyler is accidentally President of the United States; but, by the same accident that made him President, I hope and trust, and I have every reason to believe, that he in herits, with the President's chair, some of the wisdom and prudence of his predecessors. I will not believe that any man in the situation of President Tyler would write such a letter as that which I have seen bolstered up in some of the newspapers ; as it the Queen of this country, like the President, were to say she had her heart and soul in the cause of the Carolina and Virginian negroes, and that she hoped ere long to see a white republic in the north, and a black republic in the south ; and that the in tolerable bond which now united them would be severed. Why, we should have the British Parliament most justly up in arms; but though I hold repeal to be as utterly ri diculous a measure, and as pernicious to be entertained, as I certainly hold the emancipation of the Carolina and Virginian negroes would be a wise, humane, just, and virtuous act, yet God forbid that, if I were in a situation of advising the Crown, I should think of uttering advice, either in an official capacity or an unofficial capacity, for the purpose of exciting the jealousy and embittering the animosity that may be supposed to have prevailed between the two countries. That is a course which no good citi zen of his own country or of the world, and loving the peace of the world, would think of advising. I have thought it my duty to state this matter with the humble but earnest hope, that my strong impression of the bitter evils, the cruel calamities, that are now being inflicted on Ireland, and which may be summed up in figures as a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence, and from which every man in Ireland, more or less, suffers—the hope, too, of all capitalists in this country —may sooner or later be removed, and that capital and a spirit of industry may be infused throughout the land.—Lord Brougham's Spee - ch on Lord Roden't motion. COMMITMENTS.—On Wednesday. at the Mee-court, a:young girl named Mary Byron, etas charged by a gen tleman, who had been bathing at Bootle, with carrying off his coat out of the machine in which he had undressed, taking advantage of his being in the water at the time. She was with several companions, and was stopped by a police-officer, who found the article in her apron. 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