The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-10 00:00:00

TOREN - OF ESTEEM.—We understand that the ladies of the congregation of St. Barnabas Chapel, in this town, have entered into a subscription for the purpose of presenting the Bev. Dr. Carpenter with a handsome silver tea service, as a testimony of their approval of his strenuous exertions in the cause of religion, humanity, and the universal benevolence of his character. The value of the plate is contemplated to be about sixty guineas.—[This gentleman is, we believe, brother to the Rev. Mr. Carpenter, of St. Michael's Church, in this town.] FIRE IN SMITHDOWN-LANE.—On Friday night, about half-past nine o'clock, an alarm reached the station in Tem ple-street, that a fire had occurred in Smithdown lane. Two engines, two water carts, and a large body of firemen, su perintended by the indefatigable Mr. Hewitt, immediately got under way, and reached the scene of the conflagration before much injury had been done to the premises. The fire occurred in the hemp-room of the ropery in Smithdow•n lane. A small portion of the hemp was burnt, but the pre mises sustained no injury. ROBBERY OF A LAlL — Yesterday, five young men, named Samuel Powell, Edward Stockforth, Daniel Griffin, Thomas Fleetwood, and Robert Norris, were charged at the police court with having robbed a lay,, • , -;.nnir i e was Henry Moores, of the sum of ninepence. plainant lived in Canal-street, Anco that having no employment there }- 10 said II It app, Lred that the corol Manchester, and to Liverpool in the hope of obtaining some at the cotton mill near the canal. He applied on Saturday,' and was told to call again on Mon day. He had only ninepence in his pocket, which he intended to reserve for his use on Sunday, and, in order not to break in upon it, he resolved to sleep that night near the brick-kilns. He did so, and about three o'clock he was awoke by a police man, No. 243, who searched him, and found the ninepence in his pocket, but returned it to him. Between five and six he was walking away when he was met by nine or ten men, among whom were all the prisoners except Stockforth ; he was seized by them, his pockets were searched, and, after taking the ninepence, they went away. Moores was shortly afterwards found by No. 213, who had searched him at three o'clock, to whom he related what had befallen him ; the re sult was the parties already named were taken into custody in the course of the morning. They had all been seen by No. 243 previously loitering about the brick-kilns. Mr. Davenport, who appeared for them, contended that the affair was a mere lark; but Moores said it was no such thing, as he had only arrived from Manchester the day before, and none of the men were known to him. Under these circum stances Stockforth was discharged, ani all the others were committed for trial at the ensuing borough sessions. numerous meet WASHINGTON IRVING.—On Saturc.., ing of the gentlemen who wished to shew spect to Mr. Washington Irving, on landii. from America, was held on Saturday. at the Sessions'-house Hugh llornby, Esq., was called to the chair. Mr. Todd, the honorary secretary, informed the meeting that it had been determined to invite Mr. Irving to a public dinner, and that the Mayor had been requested to preside, but that gentleman intimated that he would be gratified if some other chairman were appointed. Lord Francis Egerton was then written to, but his lordship replied, that " his engagements in London were too numerous and pressing to leave any hope of being able to leave it, even for a purpose so congenial to his feel ings." His lordship added, "If I had been resident at Worsley, I should gladly have seized the occasion for join ing in any compliment to the distinguished and excellent man in question." The committee then desired their secretary to communicate to Mr. Irving their intentions, in case he had landed in Liverpool, accompanied with such expressions as might be rendered appropriate to the occasion. Froth Mr. Irving's reply we take the following paragraph with which that gentleman's letter concludes :—" Permit me to add, that, from certain passages of your letter, I am led to view this public honour intended me in a higher light than as a mere compliment confined to myself. I perceive in it a de sire to manifest, through me, a conciliatory disposition toward my country at a moment when untoward circumstance pre vail, and when, as you intimate, inconsiderate and designing men may seek to sow discord between the two nations. Such a conciliatory disposition, I am confident, prevails among the right-minded and right-hearted of the two countries, and, I trust, will be sufficient to neutralize any such mischievous effects as those to which you allude. There is no question at present existing between the two countries, however diffi cult at first it may appear, which is not, in my mind, susceptible of an amicable adjustment, if negociated in that mutual spirit of forbearance, with that delicate consideration for the peculiar position and circumstances of each other, and with that magnanimous regard for each others honour and interests which ought to govern the opinions and dealings, public and private, of two great and kindred nations, whose honour and interests are in so many respects identical." token of re- in this town ROBBERY IN A COUNTING-HOUSE. — John Rimmer, a decent-looking lad, who was office-boy in the houe of Gor don and Co., Old Church-yard, was placed at the bar of the Police-court on Friday, on a charge of having broken open a safe and stolen therefrom a sum of money, the property of his employers. From the evidence of Henry Sanderson, a clerk to Messrs. Gordon and Co., it appeared that the pri soner had been directed by him, on Tuesday last, to lock the safe door. The prisoner went towards it and apparently turned the key in the lock, and then returned it to witness. There was a duplicate key hanging inside the safe. Prisoner kept the key of the outside door. Witness, on going to the safe on WedneSday, found it open. Thomas Casares, ano ther clerk, deposed to the prisoner coming to him on Thurs day morning and telling him that the safe had been broken open—that he had found the outer door open when he came down that m )rning—and that he had found the cash-box on the floor. Witness, on examining the door, found that it had not been broken open, neither had the door of the safe in which the cash had been placed. Herbert Brestowe Hughes deposed that he was cashkeeper to the house of Gordon and Co., and that on Tuesday last he had placed in the cash-box about four pounds in sovereigns and half-sove reigns, and about six or seven shillings in silver. He kept the key of the cash-box. On Thursday morning he found the cash-box and money were gone out of the safe. He gave information to the police, and the prisoner was taken into custody. On examining the coal-vault, three sovereigns, two half-sovereigns, two half-crowns, and one shilling were found wrapped in blotting paper. The blotting paper had been taken out of the office, and the money was the property of his employer. Officer Maguire deposed to finding the money as mentioned by the previous witness. The prisoner was committed to the sessions. —A young private of the n this town, ENLISTING alias " CRIMPING 57th regiment, who is on the recruiting set appeared before the magistrates on Friday against a young man whom he said he had enlisted on the I.revious day, but who was not inclined to comply with his engagement. The private said that the young man had come to the rendezvous and told him he wanted to list in the Duke of Sussex's name. He told him he could not list him in the Duke of Sussex's name, but he would in that of her majesty. The young man then, on these terms, he said, took a shilling from him, and therefore he considered him fairly enlisted. On being ques tioned by the magistrate, the private said he could not posi tively say that the young man was not the worse for liquor. The young man himself, who was genteelly dressed, stated that he was in the service of Lord Sefton, and had been at the Post-Office with a letter from his lordship, when he was accosted by a recruiting-sergeant hi the East India Company's service. The sergeant, much to his surprise, claimed a know ledge of him, and stated that he had seen him in London or Woolwich. He replied it was possible he might, as he had been in both places, but he certainly did not know him. They went, however, to a public-house and had some drink ; afterwards they went to the rendezvous, :where they had more drink, and he (the young man) treated all the soldiers and recruits who where there with drink. He scarcely knew anything about the matter, he was so much intoxicated ; but as his prospects were something better, he never intended to go for a soldier. The recruiting-sergeant stated that he and the young man had had some little drink together, but he would not enlist him, although he had offered, conceiving he was in jest. Several of the recruits stated that the young man was s ufficiently sober to know what he was about. This statement was rebutted by the evidence of two disinterested witnesses, who had seen the young man treat all round in the room, and said that he was so intoxicated that he did not know what he was doing. Mr. Rushton sharply reproved the private for attempting to enlist the young man whilst he was in a state of inebriety, and dismissed the case, telling him for the future to take example from the sergeant, who had not attempted anything of the kind with a drunken man. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF PAPER.—A man, named John Kelshaw, was on Thursday placed before Mr. Rushton on a charge of stealing a large quantity of printed sheets for books, paper, &c. Thomas Billington, assistant with Messrs. Geo. and Joseph Robinson, booksellers, 32, Castle-street, said that about nine o'clock that morning he saw the prisoner coming down the stairs that led to the store-room with a bundle of King's Discount Tables, 25 in number, and asked him where he was going with them. He said he was going round the corner. Witness stopped him, and took him to the shop, when he dropped the bundle and ran off. He was pursued, and a police-officer coming up he was apprehended. When in Bridewell, he gave one of the officers a key, saying he had opened the store-room with it. It was found to fit the lock, and another bundle of books was found under the door, ready to be taken away. The prisoner also took four small books from his pocket, and gave them up, saying that was all he had taken. Constable Samuel Lloyd, from information received, went to Mr. Shrapnell's, 44, Ar gyle-street, and found the prisoner had there previously sold a quantity of paper. Mr. Shrapnel', drysalter, said that on the 28th of April the prisoner came to him with a parcel of paper, and asked him what he paid for his paper. The reply was, 23s 4d a hundred weight. Prisoner said the paper had belonged to his brother, who was now dead, and that he was clearing his office. Witness purchased the paper, which weighed 2 qrs. 101bs., and paid him 13s. 9d. for it. On the 28th April, prisoner brought 1 cwt. of the paper, and another cwt, on the 2d instant, and was paid 235. 4d. for each parcel. Mr. Billington said it consisted of King's Interest Tables, some Time Tables, and a bundle of waste paper. There were 100 copies of King's Tables, which were worth one guinea each ; and 400 copies of the Time Table, worth 3s. 6d. each. The whole was identified. The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions. " THE BLANCHE" STEAMER.--A very fine iron steam vessel, " the Blanche," was recently launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Davenport, Grindrod and Patrick, engineers, of this town. She has been running between this port and Runcorn for a short time, in conveying passengers, and in that capacity has proved herself to be the swiftest of our measurement, river steamers. She is 156 tons new and strongly built ; 110 feet lon g , and 18 feet beam ; her draft of water 4 feet 8 inches with ten e tons of coals on board. Her kelsons, her sleepers, and her paddle beams aare also of iron, constructed on the best principles. Her engines are of 65 horse-power, with 3 feet 6 inches of stroke, and connecting bars (the piston rods working the bottom of the cylin ders) of 10 feet 6 inches. side levers or counteracting balances are required, and fe w o f the working parts are liable to derangement, and the tear and wear much obviated. The engine is by this principle very with great . power and unusual lightness ; the whole, including pa the weight of the boilers, not exceeding 164 cwt. per' horse-power. ower. The vessel has run the distance from Runcorn to se L P : , iverpool, about 19 miles, on a 14 feet 4 inches tide, including stoppages, in one hour and five minutes. Her engines are same prin ciplethe two as those of the ". Alice," in thesa e m ac e h e o m t t io r y angle cylinders being fixed diagonally, facing of 45 degrees longitudinally with the vessel, and thust an u hating the advantage of a longer connecting-rod than in vessels the same depth with vertical cylinders. Her cabs a of very spacious and elegantly fitted up—affording very superior re and roomy accommodations for a vessel of her size. As she had never had a full trial of her powers in a sea-way, atrial trip was made yes...erday afternoon, when . a number of gentle men, specially invited by the builders, including several of the agents and managers of the Bridgewater trust, em b ar k e d at George's-pier. The day was fine but rather blowy for those not accustomed to the water, but the trip was, notwith standing, most gratifying to all on board. The vessel at first went up the river nearly to Eastham, and then steamed down the river in gallant style, passing many vessels at anchor, the decks of which were cove7d em i.. grants astonished at her speed. Th e views at ea c h side were extensive and beautiful, i n cluding the L an _ cashire, Cheshire, and Welsh shores. A most sumptuous uld elegant cold collation—or rather dinne r —was served up, al all on board enjoyed themselves to " the top of their bent." She went down by the Victoria Channel, ro unded the N.W. lightship, and returned by the old channe l, proving herself to be, in a considerable swell, an admirable se a-boat. Two (out of three) of the builders of the vesse l and engine were on board, and were unremitting iii t h e i r a ttention and polite ness to their guests ; and we need hardly sa y that " Su ccess to the Blanche and her owners and builders " was drank with the utmost enthusiasm. There were musicians on board, and the whole was a scene of th e g reatest conviviality and enjoyment. The Blanche is certainly one of the fastest and most powerful boats in our river, and this is saying perhaps as much as can be said of a river steamboat. Picrungs.-16. Wilson, who is exhibiting some beautiful paintings at Crawfords, in Bold-street, will leave Liverpool in a week. We recommend amateurs to lose no time in visiting and selecting from the very choice collection he has on sale. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, as two children were crossing Tithebarn-street, one of them was knocked down by a cart, and the wheel passing over its body it was instantly deprived of life. The other child escaped. The deceased resided with its parents in Chapel-yard, Lumber street. An inquest will be held this day (Tuesday). ' CHESHIRE HUNT.—Mr. Calvert's very clever picture of the Cheshire Hunt, which has been engraved in a superior manner by Lewis, is just published. The portraits of the gentlemen, the members of the hunt, are extremely faithful. The groupings are well designed ; the figures are easy and natural. This is altogether a pleasing work of art, and de serves an extensive patronage from all sporting men in this and the adjoining county. DEATH IN THE BRIDAL Ban.—There had been an exten sive inundation and loss of life in Derby.- A newly married couple were drowned in each other's arms within half an hour of their going to bed tie night of their wedding !—[The above, from an American paper, would almost incline us to suspect that our transatlantic friend has got possession of some of the exclusive information, boasted of by our friend the Liverpool Times. We certainly never heard of this tragical occurrence in Derby, although we are nearer to it than the American editor by some 3,000 miles.—En. L. S.] ZOOLOGICAL GARDENs.—This pleasant resort for public recreation opens for the season on Whit-Monday. A picto rial model of Rome will be exhibited ; when night sets in the whole tableau will be illuminated and beautiful fire-works set off. These will, as the showman says, " form von grand and malignent sight, sich as the vorld never looked on before." An interesting accouchement took place in the gardens on Saturday last—the wolf having introduced to this world of trouble five cubs. This may be said to be an unprecendented circumstance. OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—A re• spectable looking young man, named George Buck, was brought up at the police• court yesterday on a charge of hav ing obtained forty silk handkerchiefs, by false pretences, from a draper at Preston, named Ewan. The prisoner was appre hended whilst attempting to pledge three of the handkerchiefs with a pawnbroker in Dale-street. The prosecutor was in attendance, and Mr. Maxwell, the sitting magistrate, ordered the prisoner to be delivered up to him, to betaken before the magistrates of Preston. Passengers by the packet-ship New York, from New York, which arrived at this port yesterday morning :—James Sa vage, Daniel Seymour, Julius Catlin, and Thomas Kitnm, United States ' • Ashbel Smith and G. R. Tuelon, Texas; D. Robertson, and three Misses Robertson, Montreal; Lady Nisbett and servant, and Miss Wilson, Scotland ; Hey. Mr. Jackson, U.S.N. ; Charles Shirreff, sen., and Charles Shir reff, jun., Canada ; J. Newberry Broschettin, Mexico ; Thos. Woods, and Mrs. Taylor and three children, England. STREET OBBERY.-Between four and five o'clock on the morning of Saturday, a sailor from on board one of the New York liners, named James Peterson, was attacked in Leece street by a gang of men, who robbed him of seven dollars and a half. He had been drinking with several of them the whole night, and was intoxicated when the robbery was com mitted. At the Police-court yesterday three men, named William Edwards, Nicholas Hoyle, and Thomas Carr, were brought up on suspicion of being concerned in the offence. Evidence was produced which implicated the first two pri soners, but as to Carr it was so defective that Mr. Maxwell, the sitting magistrate, ordered him to be discharged. Ed wards and Hoye were remanded till this day (Tuesday.) CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.—The half yearly meeting of the company was held on Friday, at their office, when a satisfactory report was made of the trading for the last half-year, and the usual dividend of three per cent. was declared. The report stated that although, owing to the temporary check in the exports, the returns were not equal to those of last year, yet, from the increase which has taken place in the imports, it is found that they were the same as those of 1840. The report stated, that the company's steam vessel, the City of Dublin, built in 1823, being found too small for the service, had been sent out to the West Indies, and a satisfactory sale made of her to the Mexican govern ment. The report also paid a• high compliment to the exer tions of Mr. Halliday, honorary secretary to the chamber of commerce, in having partly freed the steam navigation of the port from the hitherto oppressive charges for the Skerries Light. The report concluded by stating that, from the re duced amount of the pecuniary engagements of the company, the economical system on which the repairs of the vessels were made, the regular manner in which the trading branch of the establishment is conducted, and the large portion of the mercantile community attached to its interests, from the peculiar constitution of this company, which identifies its prosperity with the trading portion of the proprietary, the confidence which the directors had hitherto expressed in the stability and prospects of the company remained unabated ; and they were not aware of any feature or circumstance con nected with it calculated to create any other feeling than that of continued reliance on that stability. CAUTION TO BUTCHERS.—A female named Mary Bed son, who keeps a butcher's stall in St. John's Market, ap peared before Mr. Maxwell, the sitting magistrate, at the Police-court, yesterday, to show cause why she should not be fined, for having illegally exposed a quarter of lamb for sale, in the market, dressed up with the fat of some other animal. The superintendent of the market stated that this was the fifth offence of the kind which had occurred in St. John's Market, but was the first of which the defendant had been accused. The quarter was exposed yesterday morning, and a quantity of sheep's fat was wrapped round it, so as to deceive the purchaser, as to the quality of the meat. Under the bye-laws the penalty for the first offence of this kind was five shillings, and the forfeiture of the lamb. In answer to the charge, the defendant said she bought the lamb alive, and that she did not know how it had been dressed; she was not aware of there being anything wrong about it. Mr. Maxwell told her she had committed an offence in exposing the meat to sale in such a state, and for it she must pay 55., and forfeit the meat. The defendant immediately paid the fine. THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The Dublin correspondent of the Liverpool Journal of Saturday last, makes the follow ing announcement :—" The Repeal Association met on Mon day : the amount of rent for the week was only £24, which is not adequate to pay the expense of the establishment. - Unless O'Connell makes an effort to revive it when he comes, they must shut their doors. The people throughout the country say that they are not satisfied how the repeal rent was expended." The learned gentleman above spoken of arrived here by the mail train from London on Sunday morn ing, and attended at Copperas-hill Chapel, at eleven o'clock. Being recognised, a large crowd surrounded the Adelphi Hotel, where he stopped, and as it was expected that he would depart for Dublin on Sunday evening, another crowd assembled at the pierhead, but Mr. O'Connell postponed his departure to Monday morning. We presume he is on the way to perform the duty pointed out by the correspondent of the Journal, and to prevent the dreaded " shutting of the doors" of the repeal, or, what is more important in the ARCH IMPOSTOR'S view of things, the closing of the money box from which he and his fellow-vampires are fed. All luck to him and his deserts at the end of it ! As to any attempt to satisfy the " fine pisantry" as to where the money goes to, we can only say, that it will require a power of blarney to do that same. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER—Two LIVES LOST. —We regret to state that an accident occurred on the river yesterday, just off Princes-basin, by which two men, in the very prime of life, lost their lives. In the course of the fore noon, four men, n amed Owen Griffiths, James Taylor, Wil liam Woods, and William Griffiths, left Prince's-basin to go round the rock in search of an expected ship. They em barked in a boat of considerable size, carrying sail, only five weeks old, and which was owned by Owen Griffiths. They returned against the tide without having met with the vessel they had been after, and, about half-past one, they arrived abreast Prince's-basin. They were about taking in their sails when a heavy cross sea struck the vessel on her broad side, and she immediately capsized. So suddenly did this take place that none of the men had the slightest chance of obtaining any hold of the boat, and, the tide running out very rapidly, with a strong wind, all the four were carried away. Providentially the Egremont steamer was passing at the mo ment, and, the accident having been observed from on board, preparations were instantly made for rendering assistance to the sinking men ; a boat was lowered, and Woods was picked up just as he was disappearing. William Griffiths was drifted by the tide towards a brig, which lay at anchor about 80 yards from the place where the boat capsized, and, fortunately, he came in contact with the cable, which he firmly grasped, and retained his hold till he was picked up. James Taylor Lever rose to the surface of the water after he first sunk. Owen Griffiths was seen by the pilot on board the brig to rise once, and then he disappeared. Neither of the bodies have yet been recovered. Owen Griffiths, we understand, was a married man, 37 years of age, but without family. Taylor was 27 years of age, and unmarried. A re port was current that the accident occurred whilst the men were rowing after a body which was seen floating down the river with the tide, and which was believed to be the body of one of the young gentlemen who were lately drowned oppo site New Ferry. This, however, was not the case ; the cir cumstances are exactly as we have related them. A female died suddenly on Friday last as she was being driven in a cab along one of the streets of London. WATERING THE STREETS TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—It may be wrong to write to you about trifles, but right or wrong, I will say what I think on the present occa sion. Most spirits are weakened by water, but mine are lowered by a want of it ; indeed, if they were to be put under proof you would be scarcely able to find any, in short, at all. The cause of my depression is that which often affects tra vellers in the desert after dinner, namely, a too great preva lence of dust. This town often resembles a mighty snuff box without a lid. Dust is flying in all directions. Ladies look as if they had taken to wear powder again; their silks seem all shot with it. Every gentleman appears to have adopted the trade of " dustman,' which, according to Walker, (not Hookey,) is defined to be " one whose employment is to carry away the dust." For my own part I am constantly fearing an indictment for appropriating the road stuff without permission. In doors we are quite unhinged. The man who invented win dows deserves a pane-gyrie, but those by whose means we are compelled to keep them closed ought to be punished for their pains. Their motives it is not easy to see through. The poet says in the story of the two goldfinches— " The open window seemed to invite." The dust cannot avail itself of the quotation as an excuse for entering our house, for there is not one window that we are not compelled to keep to. Without jesting profanely, "to dust we must return," but now we no sooner clean ourselves than " the dust returns to us." It is no use being chary of our chairs, for it seats and settles itself without ceremony upon them ; and we find we are not able to keep our table bright, however not-able we may be in such matters. It is useless to carp, for the carpet is full of it ; as for the blind, it is quite dark with it. In our food we are still worse off, for we meet with it in every mouthful. We might expect to find plenty of dust following the weal, but really we might as well b e Cape of Good Hope Caffrcs (ca(j'ers) as to feed upon it for ever (heifer). Where are the water-carts ? What are carts for ? Why are we obliged to " come down with the dust " in parish rates, if the dust is not made to come dow n fo r us? What can be more refreshing than to see on a hot day a peripa tetic Aquarius, with his dropsical cart, like a moveable Knaresborough dropping well ! How fresh and cool the street seems after it has been passed through by it 1 When a boy I have often stood to watch the moving shower—but that was in George the Third's reign. To the point—as the soldier said when he charged with the bayonet. It is clear that if those who have the care of the streets do not pay more attention to them, we shall have to liquidate, at an early date, a debt which nust inevitably be incurred for repairing, if not altogether renewing, the roads. The inroads made into them will leave us 'to roads—for day by day they are blowing off into thin air, and the paviours will have to call at every house to fetch away whatever por tion of th e hi g h way may b e f oun d therein. It would be f ar more agreeabl e if t h e wa t er y carriers would come abo u t more freq uen tl y, and —to quote from the rational anthem— more liberally " be pleased to pour." P. POPJOY. P.S.—Since the rains all traces of dust have disappeared. I draw attention to the matter in expectatim of dry weather coming again. Prevention, cn the new police system, is better than a c ure . Talking of the police, why is the Stan dard like " an incorrigible thief" and " adrunkard's face"? Because, in the first i nstance, it is conthually being taken up ; and i n the second, it is red (read) all ner. ADJOURNED MEMNO OF THE TOWN COUNCIL The Adjourned meeting of the town council, for the des patch of the business remaining over from Wednesday, was he don Friday, at eleven o'clock. The MAYOR presided. THE TOWN-CLERK'S RIGHTS Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE begged permission for a few mo ments, before the council proceeded to th e regu l ar b us i ness of the day, to bring forward a matter of some importance. He hoped he should not be deemed presumptuous in bringing forward the subject he was about to intr o d uce , although - he was surrounded by so many gentle men o f muc h snore ex perience in municipal matters than himself. However, he would gladly give way to any member of the council who might have deemed it proper to take up the subject. He al luded to what had fallen from the lips of the town-clerk at their last meeting—(hear, hear)—and the statement which had been made by that gentleman of his right to speak on all occasions and on all subjects, no matter what they were, which might happen to be brought before the council. He (the town-clerk) distinctly stated to the town-council at that time that he was part and parcel of the corporation, and that he possessed those rights ; but after having gone through the municipal act, he (Mr. 8.-Moore) was at a loss to discover where any such powers were given to him. He fouad, on turning to the act, that a council was complete in itself with a mayor, aldermen, and councillors, to be chosen in every borough. This appeared from the 25th section. According to the 58th section, it was provided that the power to elect the town-clerk rested solely with the council. In the sche dule of the act no mention was made of the town-clerk, fur ther than that he was to be one of a body elected by the coun cil, and to continue in office during the pleasure of the council; and there was nothing in the act concerning his authority or power to speak, except that he was to be considered as the legal adviser of the corporation. (Hear.) As the present was a subject which vitally affected the privileges of every member of the council, he (Mr. Bramley-Moore) had taken the liberty of bringing it under their consideration. (Hear, hear.) If the functions and responsibilities of the office rested on the act of parliament, and not on the will of the council, he thought they might fairly call upon the town clerk to show them wherein his authority existed, and on what it rested ; and lie further thought it due to them selves that this question should be settled, so as to know whether the town-clerk had the right on all matters to inflict a speech on the council, and on every occasion so to do when it might be deemed proper. The duties of councillors were very different, according to the act, from those of the town clerk. The latter was not subject to the same responsibili ties or the same fines; consequently he did not see how the town-clerk could be considered in the light in which he con sidered himself at the last meeting, unless the council should have one member more than it at present consisted of, and be vested with a vote. If a councillor refused, when elected, to enter the council-chamber. he was subjected to a fine of £3O ; and if he happened to become a bankrupt, he was excluded ; but none of these contingencies applied to the town-clerk. lie did not see, therefore, that the town-clerk stood in the council in any other light than as their legal ad viser, and that when they wanted his advice they might call upon him for it; or if he saw any thing of an illegal nature, it would be his duty to step forward and correct it. He (Mr. Bramley-Moore) was quite willing to bear his testimony to the excellent legal opinions given by the town-clerk during the time thin he had the honour of a seat in the council, and to say that tbay had been given in an able and a lucid Tan ner: but he wished to draw a distinction between the giving of an opinion and the right of the town-clerk to speak on all occasions and on all subjects brought before the council; and he begged to ask the town-clerk whether he would express the same opinion now which he had expressed at the last meeting, namely, that he was invested with the right of speaking in that council upon all subjects and upon all occa sions ? The TOWN-CLERK said he felt much obliged to the mem ber of council who had just brought this subject forward, for the very clear, distinct, and he would say, candid way in which he had mentioned it. His own opinion certainly had been such as he stated at the last council, but he conceived that it was one of those subjects which rested entirely with the coun cil. The member who had just spoken had very clearly, and, as he thought, with latitude quite sufficient for everything he could desire, defined his duties in a legal manner to be as fol lows :—namely, if called upon to advise the council, to do so. and, if he perceived anything illegal going forward, to be at liberty to give his legal advice thereupon. He certainly must say, that his own opinion of his duties and responsibilities went further than this ; but he was free to admit at once, from the course the subject had taken, that, so far as opinion went, he was wrong, and that to the opinion of the council he now deferred as he should do on every occasion. (Hear, hear.) He clearly understood now, whatever his own opinion might be, that it was a subject which rested entirely with the coun cil. He conceived that the council had then expressed an opinion t4at his duties should be confined to the giving of legal advice, as had been explained by Mr. Bramley-Moore. To that opinion he would pay implicit obedience, and take it as his rule on every occasion ; and this he would do, not be cause he was submitting to that which he disliked, but as a matter of cheerful compliance with the opinions expressed by the council. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE ssid he had been just asked by Mr. Bolton whether he had informed any one that he would bring this subject forward. He replied in the negative, and he now repeated that reply. He had not mentioned it to any one, neither had he entertained the question prior to the night be fore, when he looked over the act, and saw nothing in it bear ing on the subject of the town-clerk's right to speak in coun cil. It was then, and not until then, that he had made up his mind to bring the matter forward. (Hear.) Mr. BOLTON trusted that the answer which had just been given by the town-clerk would be deemed perfectly satisfac tory, and that nothing further would be said on the subject. Mr. GLADSTONE said he had no wish to obtrude himself on the council in this matter; but he must say that his sen timents differed from those which had already been expressed. (Hear, hear.) He thought the manner in which the case had been brought before the notice of the council by the honour able gentleman was clear and lucid, and that it was worthy of his talent and standing in the town ; but he was not quite so well satisfied with the explanation given by the town clerk. (Hear, hear.) He should have been much better pleased if the town-clerk had said he had given the opinion he had expressed in an excited moment, and that he regretted it—(hear, hear)—that he now saw what the views and wishes of the council were, and that he would not repeat what had occurred at the last meeting. (Hear, hear.) This was the reply he should have wished to have heard from the town , clerk. (Hear.) He (Mr. Gladstone) was fully satisfied in his own mind, as far as he could form an opinion, that what had been said by the town-clerk, as to his right to address that council, did not exist neither in law nor equity—(hear, hear)—therefore he trusted the town-clerk would say that he regretted what he had stated, and that he could only at tribute it to the excitement under which he addressed the council, and that upon no future occasion should such cir cumstance again occur. (Hear, hear.) Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE really thought that the town-clerk's expressions amounted very much to that. During the time be (Mr. L.) had had a seat in that room, he could bear his testimony to'the fact that the town-clerk had never inflicted long speeches on them. Whatever opiniolo the town-clerk might have of his position in that council, he had told the council that he bowed to that of the council, and that it was in a moment of excitement, and with a view of defending his office, he had made the statement. That was his excuse ; and he (Mr. Lawrence) understood the town-clerk to say this. The town-clerk had never acted upon this opinion before, and he never would do it again. Mr. Alderman EVANS thought there was one passage in the town-clerk's speech which ought to content the council. He declared that it all depended on the council; and, there fore, after the opinion of the council had been once expressed, he could not of course contend that he had any rights. This bad been admitted by himself, and ought to content the council. They had heard of " tearing a passion to rags," and to make more of the subject would be actually doing the same thing. The TOWN-CLERK thought it was due from him, after wnat had fallen from Mr. Robertson Gladstone, to say that it was with great pain, indeed, that he found he entertained an opinion contrary to the general opinion of the council. He had certainly given an opinion, and he was put to justify that opinion. He certainly had entertained the notion stated by him, and was not singular in that opinion ; but if he had had more time to have brought the subject forward, and if he had not been labouring under severe indisposition at the time, he would have done it, he dared say, more to the satisfaction of every member. He thought he should perhaps secure the good opinion of Mr. Gladstone, when he said that it was with great concern he brought forward an opinion which had not met with the gener al concurrence of the council. (Hear.) Mr. BUSHELL said he never in his life had heard more lucid legal expositions than the council had received and he had listened to from the lips of the present town-clerk. He thought the town-clerk had said quite sufficient to satisfy any member that what had fallen from him on the occasion in question was different from what had fallen from him be fore. There were circumstances, however, which, doubtless, actuated and influenced him at the time. He was naturally excited by a kind feeling towards a brother officer, and had spoken the sentiments of his mind ; but with his explanation he was quite sure every member would be perfectly satisfied. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE expressed a hope that the council at large would be perfectly satisfied. (Hear, hear.) The TOWN-CLERK said the high value he placed upon his office might perhaps have induced him to form an erroneous opinion of its duties and responsibilities. (Hear, hear.) The conversation here dropped. CHURCH EXFENDITURE COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Church-Expenditure Committee, comprising a recommendation to authorise the committee to take down a further portion of the tower of St. Michael's Church, at the estimated additional expense of £4OO, and to reduce the pew rents in St. Martin's Church, having been read, Mr. PARKER moved their confirmation. Mr. EVANS asked whether the pews in St. Martin's Church were occupied or the church filled, because otherwise he bad no idea of reducing the rents. If the pews filled at their present rents, they ought not to be lowered, and any reduc tion of the rents should not be conditional. Mr. PLATT said that the seat rents in St. George's Church had been reduced two years ago, in consequence of the mi nister having complained of the highness of the rents and the poverty of the neighbourhood. The rents in St. Luke's, and afterwards in St. Michael's, were next reduced, owing to a similar cause ; but the expected result of the reduction had not been produced. They were obliged, however, either to lower the rents or to have the churches empty, as the in habitants of the respective neighbourhoods had become al tered in circumstances, and the rents in other churches were lower in amount. The revenue was nevertheless inadequate, but he justified the reduction of the rents for the reasons stated, notwithstanding. Mr. EVANS said he could see no good reason why the pew rents of the corporation churches should be under the market rate. The real cause of the reduction, in his opinion, was the radical vice of the established church—the manner in which the clergy were appointed. Men not only not at tractive, but who were often quite repulsive, were appointed, and he believed this to be the cause of the churches not being half filled. As to lowering the rates of the pews below the market price, he protested against it, because such a plan never produced commensurate results. Mr. PARKER said the rents in St. Martin's Church at present were £5 a year for six sittings down the centre aisle, and that at this low rate there were not more than two-thirds filled. The clergymen and churchwardens said that if they were reduced to £4, the probability was that they would let at that price ; and upon this advice the committee had acted, and now made their recommendation to the council. Mr. BRIGHT was of opinion that sufficient grounds had not been shown for making the reduction. People could not be induced to frequent a church the minister of which was unpopular. If clergymen like the Rev. Mr. Jones of St. Andrew's were appointed, the pew rents would be £9 instead of £4. The principle of reducing the rents was a bad one. If the ministers were not attractive, the best course to pursue was to let them remain as long as they were in existence, and then to make proper appointments, provided the corporation had the power of presenting. Mr. SANDS thought the market price was generally esta blished by the quality of the preacher in the church. (Hear, and laughter.) If they had good men in the church, they would have good rents ; and if otherwise they would have no attendants. (Hear, hear.) The conversation here dropped ; and the proceedings were confirmed BOROUGH COURT COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Borough Court and Court of Requests Committee were read and confirmed. HEALTII COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Health of the Town Committee, comprising a recommendation that Andrew Clarke and his wife be appointed keeper and matron of the Baths and Wash house in Frederick-street, were read and confirmed. COURTS OF LAW dOICIMITTEB: The proceedings of the Courts of i.;;;.COmmittee, com prising the architect's report, were read. The architect stated that the works were proceeding slowly but satisfacto rily, and that the only difficulty which had arisen was in te,pect of theloundation, occasioned by the flowing in of a great quantity of water, which would incur considerable ex pense to overcome, as the bottom of the shaft was lower than the drain. The proceedings were confirmed. DOCK COMMITTEE The proceedings of the Dock Committee having been read, Mr. SANDS moved their confirmation. Mr. ROBINSON asked whether it would not be a saving of expense to the estate if the material of the new dock were removed by carts instead of by a tram way'? Mr. SANDS expressed himself sorry that the gentleman did not seem to understand the subject. It was quite enough for him to say that the expense of removing the excavations by a railroad would be less than if they were removed by either carts or water. Mr. ROBINSON said that carting would afford employment to a great many people. Mr. SANns admitted that it would afford employment, but said it would entail considerable expense. The saving, by the adoption of the present course, would amount to be tween £3OOO and £4OOO. Mr. Alderman EA.RLE said the streets were bad enough already without having more carting over them. The proceedings were then confirmed. OFFICER'S SALARIES (Z. aa 47,10 b The MAYOR read a memorial from Mr. Tyson, of the Town-Clerk's office, praying for an increase of salary. The memorial stated that he had been in the service of the cor poration for seventeen years, during which time his conduct had given complete satisfaction to the Town-Clerk. His duties were difficult and arduous, particularly during the period of the registration, when he was frequently detained until midnight—that he had not been more than a week dur ing the whole of the seventeen years absent from the office, and that his salary was only £l5O a-year. He prayed for an increase of salary, referred to the Town-Clerk for proof of his ability, and presented a bill for £l5O, for extra services rendered since 1840. Mr. LLOYD said, the extra services of Mr. Tyson would average at about £9O a year. This application had been made since the meeting of the council on Wednesday. As he stated then, further applications would be made, and it was on that account he wished to have had a committee then appointed, to see what alterations or additions should be made in the several departments. There were some depart ments, he could state positively, in which dissatisfaction had arisen in the town and the public generally on account of the performance of certain duties by some of the officers therein engaged, in addition to their duty to the corporation. He would now move that Mr. Tyson's application be referred to a special committee, to be composed of one member from the Finance, Watch, Courts of Law, Borough Courts, and Court of Requests Committees, and whose duty it should be to enquire into the duties of the several offices of the corpo ration, what their respective salaries air, and report, generally, the alterations or additions to be made in any department. He proposed this, because it was unpleasant to say these things without going into a committee where the truth of thenior not could be ascertained ; therefore, he would make no allusion to any individual before going into committee ; and, at the same time, he thought an independent committee would be the best tribunal to go into this question. He therefore begged to move, that a special committee, consti tuted as above, be appointed. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said, he did not rise to anticipate the result of any investigation into the claim of Mr. Tyson, who was a very meritorious servant of the corporation ; but he had doubts about the necessity of appointing the com mittee. The Finance and the Watch Committees were per fectly competent to judge whether they received sufficient services from the officers under their controul, and it would be an interference with all the committees if the council were to plunge headlong into an inquiry by which expectations on the part of some the officers would be needlessly raised. Mr. HODGSON could not agree with Mr. Lawrence. He thought the circumstance of these repeated applications for creased salaries, and of allowing private soli . citation, justi fied the motion for the committee. He thought there was a Lecessity of ascertaining whether they really were paying all heir servants amply, and that the course proposed by Mr. Lloyd was an exceedingly good one. He thOught that a con sideration of all the cases would put an end to the present system of private solicitation, and prevent the council from at any time being improperly called upon to give a kind of ex parte remuneration. Mr. E' VANS said that if fifty committees were appointed, the system of private solicitation would still be practised. About six years ago, he had been upon a committee of the sort now desired. It was called the " Paid Officers' Com mittee," and at that time all the offices, officers and their salaries were reviewed. He could not conceive that there bad been any alteration, or that any circumstances had since arisen which would require a committee of the kind to be again appointed. To what would it lead ? He had a kind of instinctive horror at going into any thing which would be prejudicial to the finances of the corporation ; but, under the proposed arrangement, it would turn out what might be called in vulgar boyish language, " It's heads the c or p or ation loses, and tails it loses too ;" because, where was the committee who would pull down a single income, or do anything but ad vance salaries ? In all likelihood, the corporation would lose several hundreds a-year if the committee were appointed. Mr. BOLTON bore testimony to the constant attendance and arduous duty performed by Mr. Tyson, and expressed himself in favourable terms of the motion. Mr. BUSHELL felt quite satisfied of the necessity and im portance of some such motion. The fact of an inquiry having been made six years ago, was quite sufficient to justify the present course. He differed from the sentiments ex pressed by Mr. Evans. The council wished to do justice, because if a man was under-paid, his salary should be in creased, and if over-paid, it should be lowered, or the man dismissed. The argument of Mr. Evans, therefore, went for nothing. He was satisfied that Mr. Tyson's salary ought to be increased, and that he had too long worked for too little. A great change had taken place in the composition of the council, and the town demanded that the conservatives, who now had the power, should institute full inquiry into the effi ciency of their servants. Mr. AIKIN thought that separate committees were better judges of the willingness, ability, and fitness of the respective officers than any special committee which might be appointed. After some further discussion, in which Mr. Sands, Mr. Bramley-Moore, Mr. Barclay, Mr. Procter, and Mr. Bright took part, the standing orders were suspended in order to admit the motion, which was adopted, after having undergone revision, to the following effect :—" That a committee be appointed, consisting of one from each of the following com mittees—Finance, Improvement, Watch, Courts of Law, Markets', Town-hall, and Borough Court, to inquire into the present duties of the officers and servants of the corporation, with their respective salaries, and report generally on any alteration or addition being made in any of the departments." It was then ordered that Mr. Tyson's application, as well as that of the surveyor, made upon Wednesday, for additional assistance in his office, should be referred to the new mittee. The MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of a memorial from Mr. Richard Radcliffe, jun., praying for an increase in his salary of £250. It was referred to the Committee of Inquiry NUISANCES. The MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of a memorial from .he inhabitants of Vauxhall-road, complaining of mountebank shows and continual drumming in the neighbourhood every evening until midnight, by reason of which the shopkeepers were kept awake. The mem or i a li s t s p ra yed for the abolition of the nuisance. Mr. JORDAN complained that, a few days since, Knight street was rendered impassable by a " Punch-and-Judy" kind of exhibition, and he was told that there was no power to re move them. Mr. EVANS conceived that those exhibitions were all inno cent amusements, and that they ought not to be put down, but tolerated, even at the expense of considerable inconve nience to other people. The memorial was referred to the deputy town-clerk. THE HAYMARKETS. The MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of a lengthy peti tion on the subject of the proposed haymarket. The peti tioners adverted to the inconvenience of the present haymar kets, expressed the pleasure they felt at seeing a market in London-road about to be established with a view to a general one, and hoped the proceedings of the council of the 6th of April on the subject would be carried into effect. Mr. J. LAWRENCE said the petition was signed by 4000 in dividuals. The MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of another nume rously signed memorial on the subject. It was from livery stable keepers, cow-keepers, and others, who said they con sidered it their duty to represent the most desirable course to be pursued. They thought two markets would never an swer, and that a central one ought to be established. The market in London-road would not, in their opinion, be of any permanent advantage, and if tried as an experiment, would prove nothing. They concluded by saying that preference should be given to the buyer. It bore some hundreds of sik- natures. The Mayor also read a short petition from coach proprietors and others, praying that the haymarket in Great Homer-street might be continued, as it was well adapted for all parties. He presented another petition, signed by about thirty individuals, praying the council to confirm the resolu tion for establishing a haymarket in London-road. He also presented a petition from the inhabitants of London-road to the same effect. These several petitions were referred, pro forma, to the Markets Committee. APPRENTICES The MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of a memorial from Charles Fagin, asking whether thecouncil insisted on cancell ing his son's indentures. and if so, what compensation they would allow him for the injury done to his prospects in life. Upon the motion of Mr. SANDBACR, this memorial was referred to the Education Committee. THE MARKET IN LONDON-ROAD The MAYOR said the next subject on the paper was the consideration of the following resolution of the council of the 18th of April, via.:—" That the consideration of the appro priation of London-road, above end below the monument, for a market for the sale of hay, straw, and other fodder for cattle ; and also for potatoes and other roots and vegetables, the food of man; and also for coal; and for the purposes aforesaid all requisite orders and by-laws be postponed until the next monthly council, on the 4th of May next;" and the following motion, of which notice had been given by Mr. Bushell :—" That the resolutions of the council of the 6th of April, approving of the proceedings of the Markets' Com mittee, be rescinded, so far as such resolutions relate to the recommendation by that committee to the council to autho rise the sale of hay and stravv,.bY farmers, i n L on d on - roa d." Mr. By SHELL proposed his motion in a speech of some length. He wished the question to be thoroughly understood by the council and town at large. One of the markets was at present a dead letter; no buyers or sellers resorted to it ; and it was only the mere shadow of a mark e t. H e thought the recommendation of the committee for establishing a mar ket in London-road had been carried without due considera tton at a former meeting , and that time s h ou ld h ave b een given for memorials from parties interested in the matter and expressive of their opinions. He had himself no property in the town, neither had he any friends whose interests he wished to serve, any property, and therefore his motives, on the present occasion, could not be questioned by anybody. what object of the Markets was the He wished to know , in the event of the success of the expe riment in London-road , Committee, and, supposing i t to fail, in what way their posi tion would be bettered ? j3irchfield would not not answer. He thought, if they wished to accommodate th e t own , th a t the proper place to try an experiment w ou ld b e, not in Lon don-road, but at the junction of Great George's and St. James's-streets. Mr. TURNER seconded the motion. Mr. COOPER supported the.recommendation of the Mar kets Committee, for giving a trial . to the space in London-road. Mr. Alderman EARLE spoke in favour of the recommen dation of the committee. Mr. PARKER protested against any such experiment being tried in London road. Mr. HODGSON said he would leave the matter entirely in the hands of the committee. Mr. ROBINSON objected to the experiment being t r i e d i n London-road, and said the most convenient place f or a sout h haymarket would be under St. James's Mount. Mr. THORNBILL stated that upwards of £16,500 had already been expended in the haymarkets, and yet it was now intended to buy Birchfield, .at a cost of £25,000, whereby they would receive no more i ncome tha n they did now. After some explanations from Mr. HOUGHTON, as to the terms on which he had sold hi. d s lan, forming a p ort i on of the north h aymar ket, from which it ap . peared that there were no condition s of its being for ever. maintained as a market, Mr. G. LAWRENCE epressed his o pi n i on that the present inconvenience of hav in g two ma rkets, which was the cause of all this discussion, had been creat e d b y two markets having been decided upon without consultation between the Finance Committee and the Markets Committee. Mr. HENRI- Homing said there had been. consultation between them. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said he had not been able to dis cover that there had been any, and he had referred back to that Mirror of the Town Council Proceedings, the Liver pool Standard. It was a great mistake to have two mar kets. It might be a question whether they would not have to retrace their steps, and have a central market: and as to a central market he did not think the expense would be so great as Mr. Thornhill thought, Some further discussion look place, after which the coun cil divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it Majority The motion was consequently declared to have been car ried. The following members voted in the division : For the motion.—Councillors--Messrs. Shaw, Shand, Hodgson, Houghton, Thornhill, Preston, Sandbach, Ed wards, Blundell, Henry Holmes, Sands, Bolton, B r ight, Yates, Robinson, H. Lawrence, Gladstone, Bushell, Parker, Jones, jun., Brassey, Trotman, Jordan. Platt, A. Smith, jun., Mather, Harbord.—Aldermen—Messrs. Holt, Nicol, Houghton, Turner, and the Mayor. Against it—Councillors.—Messrs. Copeland, Aikin, Toni min, J. Lawrence, Cooper, Lloyd, Rigby, Kilshaw, J. Smith, G. H. Lawrence.—Aldermen—Messrs. Bulley, Freme, Bar clay, Evans, Earle. Mr. BOLTON moved " that, as the south haymarket is not resorted to by the public, the whole question of the haymar kets be referred to the Finance and Market Committees for their consideration and report." Mr. BUSHELL seconded this motion, which was agreed to without any discussion. The council then separated. THEATRE-ROYAL Under the late management of Mr. Clarke, every person of eminence in the dramatic profession was engaged during the season to appear before the Liverpool audiences. Mr. Clarke found his outlay and risk were not sufficiently repaid, and he resigned his post of public caterer and manager. Messrs. Anderson and Hammond succeeded him, determined to merit success, if not command it. They engaged a capital company, in the hope of being able to do without the attrac tion of stars—if attractions such people can be called, who often take away more money than they draw. These gentle men resolved upon putting Shakspeare on the stage in a manner unprecedented in the provinces, and, by bringing out in a superior style the various novelties as they appeared in London, hoped to induce ali the usual frequenters of the theatre to give them their patronage. They also con ceded the long-debateable ground of second price. And what has been the upshot? Let us see. A. pantomime was brought out. This was admitted by all who saw it, and had an Opportunity of comparing it with those produced in Lon don, to be the best of the season. The pantomime hardly paid itself. " Midsummer Night's Dream " was next brought forward. In spite of its beautiful scenery, costly dresses, dances, and etceteras, to say nothing of its exquisite poetry, it has not drawn one full house. " Macbeth," " Hamlet," and other first-class tragedies, have been done with great care and attention to stage effect; the newest farces and comedies have been played ;—still those who can crowd to the Liver or the Amphitheatre hang back, although rational amusement tenfold in proportion is provided. The " Prisoner of War" was better played here than in London, but it has found but little favour. although those who saw it appeared to relish it mightily, if we might judge by the mer riment often exhibited. The last novelty is the Bubbles of the Day," by Douglas Jerrold. It was brought out on Wednesday last. This co medy is cleverly written. The dialogue is caustic, witty, and full of repartee. The sentences are epigrammatic, and abound with smart blows at the prevailing follies and vices of society. Leigh Hunt's pen always appears to flow with honey : Douglas Jerrold's seems deeply steeped in gall. In this comedy every random shot, even, tells, and, in the,scanty audiences who have been gathered together, there must have been present those whose ears must have tingled at unplea sant truths " touching them nearly." Those engaged in the comedy seemed greatly to exert themselves. Mrs. Clarke, as Guinea, a speculating lady's-maid, was excellent. Miss Bennett's Pamela Spreadweasle was a decided hit. If Miss Bennett fails in any part entrusted to her, it is not mentally but physically. Time will help her to become a leading member of her profession ; and it appears to us that in co medy she will take a high stand. In Pamela Spreadweasle this promise of excellence is brightly shewn. Take, for in stance, her description of the election, and the vivacity of her replies throughout the piece. We may here remark how cleverly she played Polly Pallnzall in the " Prisoner of War"—how replete that was with humour and drollery. Mr. W. J. Hammond made the most of Sir Phoenix Clear cake, a sort of shadowing forth of a celebrated auctioneer. The Lord Skindeep of Mr. Baker we did not like : it was a bad burlesque upon the manners of nobility, and a worse attempt at being Farrenish. Mr. Slaiter, as Malmsey Shark, made a decided impression on the audience. The part is an insignificant one, but the actor brought it out, leaving —as all good artists should—himself in the background. Mr. Slaiter was forgotten : Malmsey Shark, the griping, rascally old wine-selling money-lender, only was seen. Costume, manners, appearance, and peculiarities,—from the partially paralytic arm to the hollow, chuckling laugh and shuffling gait,—were capital. It was a perfect " study from life." This impersonation does Mr. Slaiter great credit, and we make mention of it with unreserved praise. Mr. Cooke's Spreadweasle was a shade too boisterous, but it was delight fully vulgar. Miss Cleaver, as Mrs. Quarto, rattled through her part with much spirit. Mr. Nantz is rather too heavy for Smoke. Mr. Bellingham gave several excellent imita tions of Harley, as Chatham Brown. Miss Chaplin looked very pretty as Florentia. Mr. Beuwell, as Corks, a political butler; Mr. Vivash, as Old Brown; Mr. Barton, as Mellon; Mr. Chaplin, as Waller; and Mr. Eaton, as Kimbo, did their best to make the comedy go off well. It is admirably put on the stage. The scenes are all " interiors," which present to our view comfortably-furnished apartments, in stead of the usual one-tabled, one-chaired, bare-boarded affairs generally seen as scenes. The liberality and spirit of the lessees ought to be met with a corresponding feeling by the public. The " Wood Demon" is beautifully got up. There is in it a very pretty ballet, in which Miss Webster and Mrs. Comb dance extremely well. In this the four seasons are prettily and tastefully introduced. The scenery is quite new. Miss Webster plays the Dumb Boy very cleverly. We are glad to see the talent that assuredly exists in this theatre brought out. There is plenty of it, if the public would give it a chance of being seen. The " White Cat," which has been so successful in Lon don, is about to be produced. Shakspere will not draw : will spectacle and a nursery tale ? Nous verrons, vive la bagatelle. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE LIVER STEAM MILLS We regret to announce that about three o'clock on Friday morning a most destructive fire broke out in the extensive works of Messrs. E. Holme and Son, millers, on the west side of the Canal-bank. The flames, we understand, burst out very suddenly. An alarm was immediately given, and messengers were despatched for the fire-engines at the dock stations and the station in Temple -court. Five powerful engines from the latter place were instantly on their way to the scene of conflagration, and in about twenty minutes afterwards no less than ten engines were on the spot. All were playing upon the flames at once, but without effect. No effort could save the building, and at this moment it is a heap of ruins. We are sorry to add that four men were very severely injured in their efforts to extinguish the flames. One of them was a miller in Messrs. Holme's service, and the other three were men belonging to the fire brigade. They are now considerably better. We have not heard any proba ble account of the origin of the fire, but understand the pro perry was insured. The sight was grand, but appalling, as the flames burst through all the numerous windows of the building. On the roof and the several floors giving way, and falling beneath the power of the destructive element, an immense volume of flame each time ascended from the ruins to a considerable height above the building, illumining a considerable portion of the northern extremity of the town. "It was so light," said one of the bystanders, " that I could see to pick up a pin from the ground." Whilst the place was yet reeking with the fire, Mr. Whitty, Mr. Maxwell, and some of the firemen were exerting themselves to the utmost to save the property. Whilst thus engaged, they had a narrow escape with their lives. They had just stepped back to the doorway of one of the rooms, when the superincumbent mass, amongst which was the machinery used in the upper stories, came down with an awful crash, carrying with it the floor upon which they had just been standing. The wood-work about the building being very dry, the fire baffled the exertions of the engines, until, at length, its force became exhausted by having nothing to feed upon : it then began to decline, and, about four o'clock, was got completely under control, but not untll the building had been left a mere skeleton. The Liver Mills ground by steam, and, fortunately, the stock on hand was not very heavy. The property destroyed, besides the buildings and machinery, consisted chiefly of wheat and flour. A considerable quantity of both wheat and flour was, however, saved, but it was much damaged from the effects of fire and water. CHESTER RACES FRIDAY The attendance on the course was rather thin, though the weather was fine. Combermere left this morning for Epsom, where he runs for the Derby. Auckland is to leave " the forest" on Wednesday next for the same destination. The racing came of as follows : _ _ _ The RooDEE STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 sows added by the Dee Stand Proprietors, for three-year-olds that have run during the week. (3 subs.) Mr. Collett's b c Heads or Tails (Whitehouse) 1 Lord Westminsters br f Irony, sister to Satirist .... 2 Betting-7 to 4 on Heads or Tails, who waited on the mare to the distance, where he passed her, and won in a canter by a length. The PALATINE STAKES of 50 soya each, h ft, for three year-olds, colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 21b. (4 subs.) Lord Westminster's ch c William de Fortibus (Marson) 1 Mr. F. R. Price's gr f Valentina Betting-3 to lon William, who won in a common canter by about four lengths. The CHESHIRE STAKES of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, with 50 added by the Citizens of Chester. Two miles. (18 subs, 8 of whom paid 5 sovs each.) Mr. Plummer's br f Alice Hawthorn, 4 yrs .... (Bumby) 1 Lord Eglington's b m Bellona, aged.... Sir W. W. Wynne nd b m Miss Kitty Cockle, aged Lord Milltown's ch m Cruiskeen Betting-3 to lon Alice Hawthorn, which was last till passing the chair the second time round, where she took the second place. Outside the distance she went up to Kitty, passed her like a shot, and won in a common canter by two lengths. A good race for second. The WIRRAL STAKES Of 10 SOUS each, with 50 sovs added by the Gentleman of Wirral, for two and three-year-olds; two, Gst 121 b ; three, 9st. T.Y.C. (9 subs.) Lord Westminster's Maria Day, 2 yrs Mr. Bird's b c Doctor Allen, 3 yrs Sir R. Bulkeley's b f by Bay Middleton, 3 yrs Betting-2 to lon Maria Day, and 3to 1 against Doctor After two attempts, Happy -go-Lucky took the lead, with Preparation second, the others close up, and Ernestine about 40 yards behind, where she remained to the finish. At the Grosvenor Post Maria Day advanced, and at the distance challenged Dr. Allen, who had taken Happy's place, ran with him a few strids, and won by a length easy. A good race for second : was won by about a neck : the others beaten off. After the race Mr. Price objected to the start, and it was left to the decision of the stewards, who gave the race to Maria Day. A. Match for 50 sots. Half-a-mile. Mr. Payne s b c Pensive, by Despot, 2 yrs, ist.. (Howlett) 1 Lord Maidstone's ch f Wide-awake, 3 yrs, 9 st Betting-6 to 4on Pensive, who took the lead, was never headed, and won in a canter by two lengths. The LADIES' PURSE, value £5O, to be run for by horses beaten during the week ; heats, twice round the course. Mr. Dawson's ch f The Biddy. 3 yrs. (Lye) 3 1 1. Mr. Graydon's ch h Cli w nk it e h r, 6yrs Mr. Langley's b c Rancour , 4 y rs Betting—First heat — Clin ker made struggle after a short Rancour, ". .... b . .Y . about... .. Ithreelengths. Second Heat—Clinker again made the running, but after a long struggle with The Biddy, was . beaten by a neck. Third heat—The Biddy made way a t a middling pace, and won easily by half a length. Sir W. M. Stanley, Bart., F. R. Price, Esq., and the Hon. E. S. Anson arc appointed stewards for next year's races. JUNCTION Off' THE RAILWAY IN MANCHESTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD -After the conflict of interest and feeling which this important question has excited, it appears that the director:, of the Liverpool line have submitted to the Hunt's Bank junction. It is indeed humiliating to the dignity and wealth of a body representing the earliest and most renowned un dertaking of this nature, that they should have yielded to the domination of the Leeds Directors, after publicly announcing their conviction of the paramount advantages of a southern over a northern junction of railways in the town of Manches ter. Mr. Hodgson, a member of the Liverpool Board, has, however, nobly redeemed the minority from the imputation of infirmity of purpose, exhibited by its other members, who must have felt some keen anticipations of public censure upon their incr *he overwliehr ...Jonsistency, in conjunction with t. ing preponderance of shares held by Mt. Eiod fill a r It can scarcely be iina,:ined that so po nority will quietly see a measure so inimical to ti interests, and forced upon it by such discreditable carried out to the expectation of the Leeds Directors. And it is to be wished—for the sake of the public, who have a right to require, in the formation of this junction—that it be not made for mere selfish purposes, and have, at least, the appearance of its being what is ostensibly declared for the accommodation of the public. But how can travellers by the Birmingham and Manchester and Sheffield and Man chester lines reach the Liverpool Railway by the proposed communication? It is surely not intended to invite them to dangle themselves in mephetic air and darkness down a pit seventy feet deep, and emerge from the other tunnel shaft like a knot of colliers issuing out of their pandemonium ? The public need not entertain any apprehension that they will be deprived of a proper communication ; for parliament can never sanction so absurd a project as a tunnel while the desiderata for an union of all the railways present themselves in the line to the Store-street Station. I take it for granted, that the Liverpool and Manchester Company will sleep upon their oars until they see the fate of the bill for the tunnel project, which must be defeated, and will then gladly yield to the tide of public feeling for the southern line, from which they have been so unwillingly driven. Their late adhesion to the Hunts Bank junction will, of course, prevent any open demonstrations from them against that measure ; but the Sheffield and Manchester Company, whose interests are seriously involved in the question, have only to exhibit the two proposed lines to par liament—and sa y." l oo k on t hi s p i c t ure an d on that"—" Hy perion to a Saty r "—to i nsure t h e d e f ea t of the tunnel scheme, which must instantly neutralise the plans of the Leeds Directors and their party. Since writing the preceding observations, which I had intended to request the favour of being published in your journal, some triend has sent me your publication of the 3d instant, containing some stringent observations upon the late—but I do not believe it will be the last—decision of the Liverpool Board. The thanks •of the public are due to you for your talented advocacy of the southern junction, which alone can give that convergence of lines which they have a right to demand; and as a shareholder in the Sheffield and Manchester Company, whose interests are also involved in this question, I thank you, in the name of its proprietary, for your just and indignant reprehension, on several occa sions, of the unprovoked calumnies heaped upon it. Had it been an undertaking from which the coalescing lines of Birmingham and Leeds had nothing to fear, they, at least, ld 'isturt it as the lave d- 't- wou not have a, Jea .fiey .. _one in its progress to the euthanasia into which they have fruitlessly striven to drive it. But the cause of their enmity to it constitutes its value ; and the prospect of its becoming a participant in the eastern traffic of one, and the southern traffic of the other, is destined, I conclude, to perpetuate their hostility. Assuredly no green-grocer or chandler's shopkeeper ever exhibited more degrading and silly animosity at the audacity of a competitor opening a neighbouring shop than has been done by one of these companies, while - the truth of the fact is demonstrable that railways generate peculiar traffics of their own which never materially interfere with those of others. Requesting the favour of your publishing these observa tions, I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, ATTICUS Sheffield, 6th May, 1842 We have readily given insertion to the communication of our correspondent " Atticus," not only because of the inte rest of the subject, upon which he writes, to our Liverpool readers— and in truth it is of far more interest than they are at present aware of)—but because it is only just on the one hand, that the claims of towns, seeking to be connected by a railway communication with this port, should be heard ; and, on the other, that those of our fellow townsmen whose recent concession to dictation has, for the present, repu diated, in appearance at least, those claims, should be ena bled to judge of the opinions, held beyond the limits of their own immediate locality, of the propriety and dignity of the position into which they have submitted to be driven. With respect to these we have already expressed ourselves freely ; and in everything that we have advanced upon the subject we are fully borne out by our intelligent correspondent. To one passage of the letter of " Atticus" we would re spectfully entreat the serious consideration of the Liverpoo board. Our' correspondent, whilst predicting the certain failure of any attempt to carry out the projected tunnel from Hunt's-bank to Store-street, as the junction of the Liverpool line with the Sheffield and the Birmingham lines,—and how such an absurd proposition can ever be attempted to be carried out we are at a loss to conceive—suggests that the Liverpool board should " sleep on their oars until they see the fate of the bill for that project." Surely there is, at least, reason in the adoption of such a course. If the Manchester and Leeds Company have entrapped the Liverpool directors into the adoption of their Hunt's Bank Junction, by the promise of such an underground continuation to the foot of a shaft in Store-street, from whence passengers and goods are to be lifted in buckets or baskets, or projected by some " infernal machine" to the level of the Sheffield line, surely it is but prudent, before embarking in the formation of a portion of the heme, to see w her the remainder, bad though it be is ever likely, or is even intended, to be proceeded with— whether it is ever destined to be any other than a paper plan —a mere fighting line—conceived in the fertile imagination of an engineer, for the purpose of bolstering up an imposture upon the Liverpool board and upon the public. We, at least, are satisfied not only that it never will be made, but that it was never intended to be made ! Let the Liverpool board only examine facts and probabilities, and they will inevitably arrive at the same conclusion. We must return our thanks to " Atticus " for the flatter ing mention which he makes of our labours upon this junction question. We have certainly "reprehended severely," and with justice too, the unworthy course which the Leeds directors have pursued and are still pursuing, against the undertak ing in which he is interested, (in common with the public,) and against the board of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The concession of the latter body to insult and insolence has not convinced us that we are wrong ; and we see nothing as sure.lly in the present conduct of the Leeds and Manchester gentlemen —we see nothing of that moderation in victory— which is calculated to assure us that concession:has purchased peace. But a fortnight ago, the same fire-eaters, who lately threatened to eat up the Liverpool line by a northern project, were about to swamp the Sheffield line (having succeeded in depriving it of a junction with Liverpool) by a branch line of their own to Ashton (:), and surely men who could put forth such an absurdity—who could thus show the true nature of their raving opposition to any junction, in the advantages of which their Sheffield opponent could participate, will not be particularly observant of any pledges which they may have entered into to abandon that northern scheme, the fear of which has driven so far from their propriety the directors of the Liverpool line BILLY, THE TERRIER OF THE TOWN-COUNCIL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SlR,—May I, through the medium of your columns, offer a few hints to our worthy town-councillors, upon the impro priety of having admitted the canine species into the town council. But having done so, I would humb y advise them, whenever they find a tiresome, cross-grained cur snapping at their heels, to act as the brave bruen did with the mastiff. Take him by the neck and give him a toss over, and let him go yelping to his kennel. By-the-bye, it may be as well for the friends of the animal in question to chain him up. Let them remember, that, as the hot weather is coming on, our worthy magistrates may issue orders that all mad dogs should be shot. Perhaps you will be prepared to say, let things take their course—but no ; every dog has his day, and we would rather see this worrier die a natural death. The animal has been so snappish lately at an honest policeman, that one has a notion that he feels an instinctive horror at the truncheon, and has already ringing in his ears the frightful cry of mad dog. At all events the creature should be muzzled. Your obedient servant, PINCHER On Friday a young woman jumped from the Greenwich steamer into the Thames, and was rescued with the greatest difficulty. Lord Claude Hamilton, brother to the present Marquis of Abercorn, is understood to be the successful suitor for the hand of Miss Burdett Coutts. " Trade is very bad," said Stultz, the fashionable tailor ; "I do n't make near so many coats as formerly." " How can you expect it," was the reply, " when there are so many turned coats among ybur customers in the Lords and Com mons?" GERA, APRIL 26.—His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Hanover is betrothed to the Princess Mary. eldest daugh ter of the Duke of Saxe Altenburg. His serene highness himself announced the news to the members of the Assembly of the Estates, who were mustered yesterday to keep the 25th anniversary of his highness's marriage. COPENHAGEN, April 29.—8 y a royal precept to the Bishop of Sealand, the Rev. Mr. Tryde is commissioned to confer with Baptists (the brothers Minster) who have been arrested and thrown into prison, and to ascertain the doctrines of this sect, with a view to find whether it may be proper to grant them the free exercise of their religious worship. It is to be hoped that this measure will lead to the desired end. Last Wednesday morning, between eight and nine. a fire, attended with the destruction of near 20 houses, broke out in High-street, Beaminster, Dorset. A terrific storm of thunder broke over the villages of Ban well, Worle, Wrington, and places adjacent on Monday. A man and two horses engaged in ploughing a short distance from Banwell, were struck by the electric fluid and instan taneously killed.—Sherburne Journal. From a return of the number of accidents of a public na ture on railways, it appears that they are considerably dimi nishing. In the last five months of the year 1840, 28 acci dents, 22 deaths. and 131 cases of injury took place, while the twelve months of 1811 give only 29 accidents, 24 deaths, and 71 cases of injury. It is very satisfactory to observe that a marked diminution has taken place in the class of accidents, such as collisions, arising chiefly from mismanagement or defective arrangements. A great proportion of accidents which occurred in the end of 1840, and beginning of 1841, were of the same nature, no fewer than 17 acci dents having occurred in eight months from August, 1840, to April, 1841, from the single cause of collisions by trains or engines overtaking others travelling on the same line. During the nine months from April, 1841, to January, 1842, only five collisions of this nature occur• red, and those, with one 'exception, unattended with fatal consequences. This diminution in the number of collisions appears too great to be the result of accident, and may fair va q be attributed in a considerable degree to the mors t ger"_ l adoption of the precautions suggested by the Inspevcizor., 1 * the neral, and recommended by this departmen e t , op erection of proper fixed signals at stations, trgnaids better description of tail-lamps and hande art of servants , tion of a forcement of more attention to signals on th fo P r all trains, in and the adoption of proper time-tables e rring regularity • eluding luggage trains, with a vi e w to Pres s uccessive trains. in the traffic, and proper intervals betweo SCRIPTURAL EDUCATION A PARALLEL CASE TO THE EDUCATION QUESTION IN THE LIVEIWOOL TOWN COUNCIL We have been repeatedly told, by the opponents of the tem of education in the corporation schools, that present _a appeal to a court of law would compel the Education Committee to provide a system of education containing just that quantity or that lack of religious instruction which might square with the religious, or the non-religious, pre judices of all classes of the community,—by which Maho medan and Pagan, Jew and Mormonite, Atheist and Christian might lovingly imbibe learnin:4 and morality to gether, and be taught to worship their various deities by the same teachers, and under the same roof. A case, however. has just been tried in a superior court which will test some what severely the doctrines of the philosophers by whom this version of the law upon such matters has been put forth. The case, or rather the cases, to which we refer were those of " The'Attorney-General v. Cullur»," and "The sane v. Le Grice," and related to the disposal of a surplus fund, arising from some charities in Bury St. Edmunds, to the pur poses of education. The circumstances were stated briefly to be the following : " In 1547, the parishioners agreed amongst themselves to sell the church plate, weighing upwards of forty stone, and bought with the money arising from the sale a large portion of land belonging to the crown. A small portion of the in come arising from that estate, which amounts at the present day to £9OO per annum, they appropriated to the repairs of the church, and the remainder to the support of the poor. In 1833, the information was filed by the Attorney-General at the relation of certain inhabitants of Bury : and, in 1836, it was referred to the Master to inquire and ascertain, amongst other things, the amount of the property, and to approve of a scheme for the future management of the estates and ap plication of the income. The Master had found, amongst other things, that it would be proper to build and support three schools in Bury out of the surplus income, namely, a commercial school, for the instruction of 150 boys; a poor boys' school, for the instruction of 300 boys; and a poor girls' school, for the instruction of 150 girls. The Master's report left it to the trustees to appoint masters and mistresses, without stating of what religious persuasion they should be ; and went on to provide, that a sufficient and convenient por tion of the school-monies should be set apart daily for read ing the Scripture lessons prepared for the use of the Irish National Schools, and the authorised version of the Scrip tures, or such part thereof as the trustees should think pro per ; and that no other religious instruction should be intro duced into the schools. To this portion of the scheme, the defendants, who were some of the trustees, objected, and pro posed, that the masters and mistresses should be members of the Church of England, and should give general religious and moral instruction to all the scholars in such books as the go vernors should select, and on Sunday should give religious instruction according to the doctrines of the Church of Eng land, to those children whose parents did not object to their receiving the same. We have here then—setting aside the difference of the source from which the funds to be expended are derived—a parallel case to that of the Liverpool corporation. It is agreed on all hands in the St. Edmunds case, that the fund and the education to be provided by it is intended for the benefit of all the inhabitants of the parish ; and the widest application contended for by the opponents of the present system has never gone beyond this. The objection, too, urged against the adoption of a scrip tural system, was precisely that of .the liberal party in this town, for it was argued, on the behalf of the Dissenters of Bury St. Edmunds, that as the education in question was to be provided " from funds, to which the children of Dissenters are equally entitled with those of members of the church of England, unless the former are to be permitted to participate in the advantage of education thus to be provided, they can not but feel that they have just cause of complaint. If it be directed, that the schoolmasters and mistresses should be members of the Church of England, the schools will be im mediately impressed with the character of Church of England schools, to which conscientious Dissenters will not send their children. All that is now asked is, that no such direc tion shall be made—not that it shall be directed that the master shall be a Dissenter." In addition to this general plea it was urged also that the funds having originally derived from the Roman Catholic church, ought, in part at least, to be devoted to the education of children in the faith of that church, in reply to which it was well and truly maintained that the donors of such funds were members of the Catholic church, though an erring branch of that church ; and that, as the Church of England is that Catholic church purified by the reformation, but still the ancient Catholic church, the application of the funds for the benefit of her members will be, in fact, to apply them for the benefit of persons professing the same faith as the do nors." And with respect to dissenters it was equally well agreed that " It cannot be said that dissenters, as such, are entitled to the fund ; for, at the time of the donations, which were of the periods of Edward VI. and Queen Elizabeth, no dissent was allowed ; and no one could be what is now under stood by the term,' dissenter.' Under these circumstances we contend, that a direction should be made, that the masters of the schools should not only be members of the Church of England, but also clergymen of that church." The following - judgment was then delivered by Sir Knight Bruce, V.C. : . —lf there be any e d uca ti on, i t must clearly be accompanied by instructi on i n re li g i on, for without religion education would be a by-word and a mere mockery. If there be education, and th ere f ore i nstruct i on in religion, what possible standard can the court have, or with propriety adopt, other than the established religion of the country ? Suppose the schoolmaster to be a conscientious Anabaptist, what then? Is there to be no exposition of the Scriptures ? If there were to be, then the parties must look out for some gentleman professing all the tolerated religions in the country. A master, not believing in the doctrines of the Trinity, may be called on to interpret such portions of the Scripture as relate to that doctrine, and he may do that which is unfortunately but too general with regard to the Bible, namely, skip those parts which present the difficulty. I can very well understand the argument, that no part of the funds of the charity ought to be applied to the purposes of education, that is perfectly intelligible; but it would be worse than mockery to say, that there should be education without religious instruction. if it be held, that religious instruc tion is to be given, the court can see no guide, no standard, by which it can be governed, but by the Established Church. If any other were adopted, the varieties of religions taught would be as infinite as the changes of dissent are perpetual. The scheme, in my judgment, does not provide for religious The defect is, not that it does not provide for religious instruction according to the doctrines and practice of the Church of England ; but that it does not provide at all for what, I can consider, religious instruction. If educa tion, of course I mean education including religious instruc tion, is to be provided for, I apprehend it must be according to the doctrines and principles of the Church of England. 1 know notother standard or guide to which the court can re sort. Dissenting as Ido from the present scheme, so far as it relates to the purposes of education, I must send that part back to the master, for the purpose of his reviewing his re port, unless some other course can be hereafter suggested. If education he part of the scheme, it is in my judgment clear, that whatever may be the particular course of instruc tion, or of exemption, if any, as to any part of the instruc tion, the masters and mistresses must be members of the Church of England. I cannot think it at present necessary to say, that either of the masters should be aclergyman ; but certainly all of them should be members of the Church of England, and no other course of religious instruction should be adopted than that which is in conformity with that church. I make these observations, upon the hypothesis, that it may ultimately be thought right that a provision for education should form part of the scheme, a matter upon which I do not mean to bind myself by any opinion at present, but re serve for future consideration. 1 shall, therefore, refer it back to the master to review his report, and to consider whe ther, having regard to the nature of the charity, and to the present state and condition of the town of Bury, it is fit and proper that any provision should be made for education ; and if the master shall be of opinion in the affirmative, then that it shall be declared that there is to be no master, mistress, or teacher appointed, who is not a member of the Church of England ; and that no other course of religious in s t ruc ti on shall be adopted, except in conformity with that c h urc h. Th e master, upon this, will send back a sc h eme, e i ther in cluding or not including education. If he include it, be must include declarations, one affirmative and one negative. By " affirmative," I mean, that every master, mistress, and teacher shall be a member of the Church of England ; by " negative," that no other cour se o f religious instructio n shall be adopted than in conformity w ith th at c h urc h. If the master find in the negative, as to a provision being made for education, then he will suggest some other scheme for th e employment of the fund, which is now proposed to be applied to the building of the schools. I would willingly have disposed of the question without sending it back to the m aster if I could have done so ; b u t as I see th er e arc views which have possibly not been brought with sufficient clear ness and fullness before the master, I cannot take upon myself to do so. March 24.—0 n this day, Cooper informed the court, that all parties had agreed to modify the scheme as to education as follows :—That the masters and mistresses of the schools should be members of the Church of England ; and that, during one hour at least of each school day, the master should give religious instruction to all the scholars ; such re ligious instruction to be confined to the reading and explana tion of the Scriptures; and on every Lord's day only he should give instruction in the liturgy. catechism , and articles of the Church of England, to such of the boys whose parents are in communion with that church ; and that all the scholars should be required to repair twice every Lord's day t o church. Provided, nevertheless, that any two of the trus tees, by a note in writing, might excuse from attendance at church any of the scholars who were c hildren of p ar ents not in communion with the Church of Eng land. Sir Knight the ß scheme,e. —Had as p a a s rt i i t e s re n la o t t es agreed, lca must have referred back to the master. I wish it to be distin ctly understo o d, have the e r that the grounds on which I proceeded, were not a int the ° n :a e r y- , understanding quence of my entertaining any preference for the Established Church, but from the absolute necessity of th e case. I only sanction this scheme on the clear that all parties before the court agree to it in its present mo dified shape. It is clearly more b ene fi c i al to the members the Church of England than to tho se w h o are tso The of result of the scheme will therefore b e, that alllotlie(teachers must be members of the Church o f E ngland; by wlc'"ehrl mean that religion cannot be taught without interpretation. The court is bound to state so me standard of interpretations and there would be insurmountable difficulties in stating any other rule of interpretation than that which accords with the doctrines oftbe Established Church. instruction TRUE BENEFICENCE. —a gentleman of the name of Slade, an eminent and opulent merchant, a native of the town of Poole, has undertaken t o b u ild at his own expense , five new churches in the colony of Newfoundland. . ----- CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—An old man named Don? : 1 1i: now upwards of 80 years of age, and resident at Q"83.- ti ' o j n ' , Falmouth, has actually slept every night, without e?lceP since his birth, in the same house.—Cornwall Gazell e. .i now THE BRITISH QUEEN.—This splendid steam -;11; go,uth the property of the Belgian Government, arribve C a pt. Keane. arnpton Water, on Thursday, commanded , y and the officers The crew consists of nearly one hundred raen halo from Antwerp are all Englishmen. She is to go to New York, and back, calling at So rt; from Antwerp, and. oil board nearly one hundred passe e u n g co e h she sailed, on Satur retpton. She had received more at Southampton. paw hence for New York. old and experienced A small sailing boat, containing an d three men serv an t s, an boatman, of the name of __Stevens,i ngs, w as upset in a s u dd en belonging to families at lls, squall, about a mile t h e s hore off St. Leonard' s on a ll on board perished.—Trig/!tortperished.—Trig/! tort Wednesday mile from when i7o t r o d N: r ro t r o s 1 e h y e aHdalhl sLraertgciansi Herald. early 10th, • the Duke of Lancaster a yeomanry cavalry, which corps Lor i d n F th ra e n: n is su E in g permanent g er m to o n n, c t r , is ordered to asssmble on the for eight days W LEY'S CHARITIES.—The j u dg es are, on next duty. LADY HE morning,) to deiver thr oinion i th n e th l f Lords, on eaw question s Submitted for t • heir House 0 . with respect consideration, the present Lord Chancellor, consi • ielding £3,000 a year. H er '3 Hewiey's a y n sli ce ip llo b r e , in th g at a u T n r i i i Tuesday , • Presbyterian, it was nitanan- (this decided by the Vice-Chancellor, i partss pl a c were taken to tarian-Presbylerians could r • also c reme no part of it, and the afterwards by U acnb n ad i r ta lta r fYt ia : n trustees were peal, objections e o d f b t y he the ev c i o d u eo rt o . e r O ca n d ap ir; Chancery, and the judges these objections, which were asked for their opinions on day, (this day.) The they are now to pronounce on Tues pase is, of course, important to the parties, but it is also . important to the public, in order to have settled the • principle of the law of evidence which it in volves. ~- R.. i! r r ~,,~~ ~ ~ ;00 di Or!