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ktilf,l4 4tyocialki tolOPtiTkrtit t g AlEptc4 i nwr,t4 e Public a series of Experiment Tickets to be had at the Medical Ins To commence at Eight o'clock precise! Mount ANIMAL MAGNETISM CONTRASTED WITII NEU ROIVI'Pl•; OLOGY • Ik4R. BRAID, Surgeo n, will deliver another LECTURF IVA on the above subject, at the Mus' T9-mounow, WEDNESDAY Eight o'Clock in the evening. 1, Seats, Is. ed. ; Gallery, Is. The Lec•ure will comprise Mr. Braid's recent inves, tions, and will be illustrated by experiments, showing , relative 'value and importance of the different modes of opt rating for the induction of the phenomena, and their applica bility to the cure of what have hitherto proved to be intracta ble and i n curable diseases. Th re e brothers, and others, ' exhibited, all of whom ' hearing in afiv this agency Mr. B TALL, Bold-street he 6th instan 'tont Seats, rn deaf and dumb ,en restored to perm now tb soosition of the sense, and the supposeu without contact, with ti and hithertd incomprehe. Mr. B. will also explain the mode of ales._ and that it was by this agency Van Amburgh gained his won &dui ascendancy over the wild animals be exhibited. of drawing patients 1 of these won de sible phenomena nerising animals young lady who exhibited a degree of clairvoyance at braid's former lectures will appear on this occasion. • 41 . A.- . I . _ • NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. General Post-office, March, 1842. As it is not safe to transmit Letters containing Coin o r Articles of Jewellery through the Post, Parties having occasion to remit small sums in Casb, are recommended to make use of the Money Order Office, where they will incur an hazard, Money Orders, for sums under Five Pounds, are granted and paid by every Post Town in the United King dom, and by the Chief Office in St. Martin's-le-Grand, the three Branch Offices, Charing-cross, Cavendish-street, and the Borough, and _also by the principal Receiving Houses within the Twelve Mile Circle. Those who may desire to remit Bank Notes or Drafts payable to Bearer, may Register the Letter on payment of a fee of Is. in addition to the postage ; in this case, the safest course will be to cut such Notes, &c. in half, sending each half, if possible, by two different Posts. In the case of Bank Notes or Bank PoNt Bills being sent, the Numbers, Dates, and Amounts should be carefully taken. With the great convenience thus afforded for transmitting small Sums at to low a charge, and the power now given of Registering Letters containing value, it is hoped the Public will no longer forward Letters of value, except in one or other of these methods. By command, W. L. MABERLY, Secretary. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Nine o'clock CHINA AND INDIA. DREADFUL INLELLIGENCE FROM CABUL.- ENTIRE. DESTRUCTION OF THE BRITISH CABUL FORCES.-ONE EUROPEAN' ESCAPED. As we anticipated, we received, at six o'clock this morn- I ing, our papers, with the following important intelligence from China and the East ; and. we acknowledge the great kindness of Mr. Aylward and Messrs. Willnaer and Smith in forwarding us third editions of the morning and evening papers. The following is the intelligence from China, and it will be seen that nothing of importance has occurred. The dates from Macao are to the 17th January. CHINA. The latest intelligence from China is to the 17th of Jan uary. The British expedition there appears to be waiting for the reinforcement from England and India. Neverthe less, a sort of hybrid warfare was carried on. The British Naval Commander at Hong Kong waseontinuing the seizure of the Chinese junks. The Chinese at Canton were busy in making the defences of that river as effective as possible. They had three Dutch engineers, for which they sent a junk to Java some months ago. It is not stated if those engineers. belong to the Dutch army, although it is presumed they do. Their names are Van Scholte, Van Braam, and Van Schroek. The Chinese Emperor is represented as incensed and alarmed with the proceedings of the foreigners. Some of the reports from his lieutenants in the prOvinces be had read " with fast falling tears." Great preparations are stated to be made in the province of Pekin, which is under his own imperial jurisdiction, to resist the invaders, who are expected there. Large forces were collected in the neighbourhood of Ningpo, and as Sir Hugh Gough thought more troops necessary in order to maintain that position, the Admiral despatched a ship to take about 800 Europeans from llong Kong. Her Majesty's ship Cornwallis had proceeded from Hong Kong to join the expedition. The Clio had arrived at Macao. In Amoy on the 2a of January, and at Chusan on the 24th of December, the dates of the latest letters, all was quiet. The steamer Madagascar has been destroyed by fire; the crew, having taken to the boats, landed on the Chinese coast and have been saved by the interposition of the Hong mer chants. There was some alarm respecting two iron steamers, the Ariadne and Medusa, but intelligence has arrived of their safety. Tne ship Viscount Melbourne, Captain M'Kerlie, was lost between Singapore and Macao. Some of the crew reached Singapore, from whence an armed vessel has been sent to Sambas in quest of the remainder, who are' upposed to have proceeded thither. The postscript of our Bombay letter announces, that an express had reached that town from Madras with the news of the arrival of the frigate Cambrian, having on board Lord Ellenborough, the new governor-general. AFFGHANISTAN. We take the following full details of the disastrous intelli gence from .Afghanistan from a letter published in a third edition of the London Times, of yesterday, dated Bombay, Missib Ist, bringing down the narrative of events to the depar. titre cif the mail : the insurrection, which is described as participating in a great measure of the religious enthusiasm to ,which the fana tical Moslems can be excited by the preachingot their Imauns, broke out on the night of the first of November, when Sir Alexander Burnes, and his brother, Captain Broadfoot, of the 44th, were killed, the house of the first-named, being within the city, was plundered; and some money in the treasury of Captain Johnson, which was close to the former hoes., was made a prey of. The captain having slept in the thrttish cantonments, escaped the slaughter, as well as Briga dier Anguetelli and Captain Troup, who were his inmates. Captains Skinner and Drummond, Captain Trevor and his lady and his children remained for some days concealed in the city by some of their friends. Shah Soojah, who bad on the 2d sent his son to the relief of Sir Alexander Burnes, where the Prince performed pro digies of valour, received on that day a communication from Sir W. H. M'Naughton, then in the cantonment, about five tiles from the town, requesting leave for Brigadier-General Skelton with two regiments, and Captain Nicholl's troop, to enter the Balla Hisser, and to shell the town. Leave was given, and the shelling took place. The infuriated populace attacked the Co mm i ssar i a t Fort, which lay immediately to tte north of the town, between it and the cantonment, and, as it was weakly defended, soon became masters of it. This was a dreadful blow to the troops, as at the time there was flour but for two days remaining in the cantonment. Ano her fort. in which some Commissariat stores were kept, was also attacked, and after a defence of three days by Captain Mackenzie, and a few men taken also, a panic appeared to have seized the troops, who found themselves, in the begin _ ning of winter, shut up in their cantonments in a valley 200 miles from the Indus, without sufficient clothing or food, and am;dit a fanatic al Mussulman population. Even be tween the British leaders a difference of opinion prevailed : the Envoy being desirous of offensive measures, while Gen. Elphinstone, from circumstances connected with the forces, am o n g whinehdespondency and vacillation are described as then prevailing,_ - rnaintained his opinion for defensive ones. At the solicitation of the Envoy, some small forts in the neighbourhood, yob taining graiti, were captured. Mean time the news of the dispersion of several of the Afghan corps in Shah Shooja's service, commanded by British offi cers, reached the besieged, and contributed to add to their gloomy prognostics. Various reverses and successes fol lowed during some days. The troops from the Balla Hissar were recalled to the Cantonment, and the Envoy urged a de eidedsttack on the enemy ; the General, however, main tained that all such attacks would be futile : the soldiers be gan to despond, and all was misery. There were, neverthe less, skirmishes every day, which did not tend to raise the spirits of the sepoys and soldiers, who saw their enemy hourly increase, while they themselves had scarcely food and but insufficient raiment for the season. So greatly were they dispirited that they were one day driven back to their camp, after they had during three hours been exposed to a galling fire. • The Ghilzee Chief Osman Khan did not choose to pur sue them within their entrenchments, where they, it was then feared, would have made a feeble resistance. Their Provision was flour, which they obtained by bribery during ale TVA. • It was then recommended that all th e troo p s , eld be concentrated in the Balla Hisser. Capt. Conolly, PM then with the Shah, advocated the propriety of so rust, bet the military authorities declared the movement 111, 9"elble, as they could not rely upon the disheartened t"sikr_ Derr. The last regiment was then withdrawn from the „ gar, which is, as every one knows, a citadel on a his, tower anclAteephSt:mist. was left tus ilit h w wasp astare of the movement of suc neffotiiti Ons for , - d disposed to enter upon Envoy, on boil* British trOOps. The and learning that oo " intede l Sale, then at .141, 1 64, A mossia.dmasreisaddt , assent. ' Conferenoes . the WAIN lien a reluctant drawn up in Persian b L and a long list of articles, to on both sides. MiNaghton, was agreed exceed 20 in number. The second and foremitir g — to ; who 7u subleci of Dust Mandnamed, Ma houanaed Akhbar Kban tto his father's sur render had remained in co ncea l ment :m a a Lug made his ap beyond the confines - of Affghaeista,t had even escaped evideaeat pa r t in pearance during the insurrection, t oo k negociation. The insurgent chiefs exhikited to have the British troops removed from c a b od, and meats are said to have been Made for that purpose at ataraenregne meetings which were held outside the cantonments. After various various parlies, a messagewas,__9n the 22d D ec ., b rought frOnt Akbb a r Khan to Sir Win. H M:Naghten to request au interview on the following morning. The British EoVOy wtenee, Trevor,. went thither, accompanied by Captains La and Mackenzie. They had not been present fi ve minutes, when a signal was given and all were seized and forced to mount behind some Ghilzee chiefs.. T , , he British Envoy se _ misted, and was aide, as also Captain I revor, who bad slip. ped off the horse on which he had been placed. The mur derers are now said to be " Ghazees," or religious enthu siasts, who fight as so ldiers for the sake of God," a nd who, if killed In battle, are called Sliudd_ees," or Martyrs. The treatment of Sir W. H. Macnaghten's body has heel: described as most barbarous. His lady is stated to have d offered a large sum for its ransom , in order to itsbeing del Gently the dread interact . The other two o fficers were saved by h dread of the Gbarzees to fire at them, lest the Ghilzees why rode before them should be wounded, they returned to Eh( cantonment of the 28th. Akhbar Khan has, it appears boasted of his having in person killed Sir W. 11. Mac naihten. Major Pottinger, well known since the defence of Herat took charge of the British mission and the negociations lUI the withdrawal of the troops were continued. On the 6th of January they moved from their cantonments, which were instantly seised by the insurgents and burnt. The snow was one foot deep on the ground, when the troops reached Beegroma, three miles distant. The schemes of Akhbar Khan then became evident. He had despatched emissaries throughout the country tlirough which the unfortunate Bri tish soldiers' had to pas; calling the people to rise en manse, and dal the infidels. His call was not heard in vain. On t he first day's march Cornet Hardyinan, of the sth Cavalry, and som e e men were killed. 54 ahommed Akhbar Khan, wl o 4 , 4144 L12 tee., 2_, l __charffe of . the retreat, contrived to induce the Bri =eel% stettona alt bight where he chose. On the ICA `\f~~~ :o Jellahabad. Captair )ar K went to Mahornmed Akh ,,n, who was on a hill close to the British camp, and red why they could not proceed according to the con . The reply was that they bad left, the Cabul canton ,ents oefore the troops destined to protect them were ready, and that no chief but he (Akhbar Khan) had the means or --area them, notwithstanding their convention. vention y ...unvention is not fully known, and therefore all its provisions cannot be stated. It is pretended that among the articles there are some declaring, that although the British troops were to evacuate Affghanistan, and that notice of such a convention had been sent to General Nntt at Candahar, and to General Sale at Jellalabad. It is said to have been signed by General Elphinstone as Commander-in- Chief, and by Major Pottinger as acting Political Agent, and also by Brigadier Anguetil, and Colonel Chambers. Akhbar Khan, whose violent hatred to the British had been sharpened, not only by the conquest of his father's terri tories, but by his own exile and subsequent imprisonment in power to pr This niili Bokhara, a third day of a retreat from Cabul, that the British should, when surrounded by the Ghazees under his command, make new terms with him, and promise not to proceed further than Tazeen, until the withdrawal of the force under under Sir R. Sale from Jellalabad was known, and he insisted on six hostages. Major Pottinger, who was lame from a wound, instantly offered to be one, and at Akhbar Khan's orders Captain M'Kenzie and Lawrence were included. The Gha zees were however, not restrained in their attacks, and a fear ful slaughter followed on the movement towards Khoord 'Cabul. The column was attacked on all sides. The fourteen 'ladies who were in the centre seemed objects of special desire. Mr. Anderson and Mrs. Boyd had each a child carried off. Akhbar Khan, while the Ghazees were thus busy, professed his inability to restrain them, and on the 9th January de manded that the ladies should be plated under his protection. The miserable weather, the snowy wastes, the rough moun tain tracks, and the month of January in the coldest regi ons of Central Asia, compelled them to yield : the hostages halted for some days in that neighbourhood. The demand on General Sale to relinquish his post was made on the 9th of January, and on that day he refused to do so unless by orders from the Supreme Government. His answer was taken back to Akhbar Khan. The unfor tunate Sepoys began again to move, and were again assailed ; the Sepoys who form s uch good soldiers under the broiling . . 4..1 L.. 4.1.- sun - of India, being enervates anct stupinea nv toe cola, scarcely offered any resistance, and hundreds of them were soon disgatched by the Gharzee cut-throats, but the Euro peans and some brave men kept together until they reached the pass of Jugdelluk. Here General Elphinstone and Brigadier Skelton became hostages, and were detained two miles distant by Akhbar. General Elphinstone wrote a note " • the Britiah -troop 3.. mart came to the frightful moun ilv in the edJugdauk barrieadcred ; they forced the way, and r which they defended for some time. until Brigadier An cinetil was killed. All order was then entirely lost, and confusion and separation, slaughter;and destruction ensued. Several officers who were well mounted attempted to make good their way into Jellalabad. Some of them arrived within three or four miles, when they were murdered and plundered, and their bodies left on the road. Only one officer, Doctor Brydon, of the sth Bengal Native Infantry, though wounded in several places and exhausted, succeeded in reaching the place of safety in Jellalabad on the 13th. Of the fate of the other 4000 soldiers and 6000 camp followers nothing certain is known ; many have been killed, others are dispersed, and as yet it is difficult to decide. The names of 35 officers have been published as killed from the commencement of the in surrection, but fears are entertained that they may amount to its quadruple, out of the great number missing. Some of the sepoys are said to have been sold as slaves to the Oosbeg Tartars. Letters continue to arrive from various quarters represent ing the state of the prisoners and hostages. Akhhar Khan is said in a letter received from Major Pottinger, dated Jan. 23, to be at the fort of Badeeahad, in the Lughman country, where he keeps the following prisoners, viz. :—Generals El phinstone and Skelton, Lieutenant Mackenzie, Captain and Mrs. Anderson and child. Captain Boyd, Lieutenant Eye, Lieutenant Waller, Mrs. Trevor, Lady Macnaghten, Lady Sale, Mrs. Start, Mr. and Mrs. Ryley, Serjeant and Mrs. Wade, Captains Troop, Johnson, and G. P. Lawrence, and Major Pottinger. There are, besides, the six officers and the sick who were left at Cabul op the departure of the troops. Akbbar Khan, in the letters from tbat fort, which are received unsealed, is described as doing everything " to make them comfortable !" An attempt of the insurgents to seize Ghuznee is-said to be so far successful as that the town is in their power, but Co.. lonel Palmer, with his regiment and six-months' provisions is stated to be safe in the citadel. AtCandahar an insurgent force showed itself on the 10th of January, when an attempt was made to carry off the camels belonging to the 43d Bengal Infantry. On the lltb, Prince Suftur Jung, the youngest and favourite son of Shah Shooja. and Mahommed Atte, the Chief, came , with a large force within about five miles dis tance. General Nott marched against them on the 12th, and in a short time dispersed the whole with a trifling loss ; the young Prince proved himself a coward, as he is a traitor to his father's friends. . . _ General Sale has, however, maintained his position at Jel lalabad, which he has fortified with a ditch, and planted can non in different places, with a determination to defend his position to theutmcist. Akhbar Khan has attempted to raise the Ooolooses, or heads of the neighbouring clans, in order to attack Jellalabad, but the gallantry and resolution dis played by Sir Robert Salein October, during his march from Cabul to Jellalabad, had given them such proofs of his bra very that they have hitherto rather hesitated. The troops in Jellalabad are stated to be well provided with food and able to keep their ground until the beginning of March, -particu larly since they have already discomfited two contemplated attacks. INDIA There have been some serious disturbances amongst the Madras regiments at Secunderabad, in the Nizarns country, in consequence of the Court of Directors having ordered that the allowance of battu latterly granted should be dis continued. The other parts of India are comparatively tranquil. The Siekh expedition into Thibet has been routed, and its leader, Zorawur Snigh, stain. The expedition of Tharawaddie to Rangoon has failed, and he has lost 3000 men by the works there. THR INCOME TAX HOUSE OF COMMONS.—LAST NIGHT. In answer to a question from Mr. CURRIE, Sir R. PEEE said the honourable gentleman had correctly stated what fell from him the other evening. (Hear, hear.) He considered that he had proposed such an important affair of finance—one so necessary to meet the exigencies of the country, that if defeated on the question of an income tax her Majesty's government (if , as he before said, they were defeated on such an important measure) would have no option. (Hear, hear.) It would decide the existence of the present administration. (Hear, hear.) The adoption of an income tax Alas necessary to carry into effect the other resolutions relating to alterations in the tariff. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the general alterations of the duties, he should at present reserve himself, merely observing that it was his anxious wish and desire to do justice,— equal justice to all classes, commercial as well as agricul tural. (Hear.) In answer to the hon. gentleman he had to say, that it was his firm intention to uphold and carry out the general principles of the tariff which he had proposed to the house. (Hear.) In the course of the discussion it was probable slight modifications might be made in some articles of duty, but he intended to abide by the general principle of the proposals he had laid before the house. (Hear.) SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.—Great consternation pre vailed here this morning, in consequence of its being reported that a portion of the stupendous tunnel, near Warren Farm, had fallen in just at the moment a train was passing beneath, and that a ;great number of lives were sacrificed. I imme diately proceeded to the terminus of the railway, and after waiting till one o'clock the seven o'clock down train from London arrived, confirming, as far as the giving way of the tunnel, the information. lc appears, however, that the acci dent happened soon after the seven o'clock train from South ampton had passed through, and that several workmen were busily employed in it at the time. On the arrival of the seven o'clock train from London at the tunnel, the passen gers were taken on to the next station in carriages, which bad been prepared with the greatest promptitude by the rail way company. One of them told me that he went to a cot tage near where the accident happened,l'and there lay the dead bodies of three remarkably fiue young fellows, much muti lated, and that workmen were at the time busily engaged in digging• out a fourth. These are all the lives sacrificed at present, but there are three or four more so severely injured, that it is supposed they cannot recover. Mr. Dixon, the :resident engineer to the line, was soon on the spot after the occurrence, and rendered his valuable assistance in directing the men employed in digging for the lifeless bodies of their unfortunate fellow-workmen. I can state, on very good au thority, that the accident will not cause a greater delay than ten days; and till it is repaired the passengers will ha v e to be conveyed a short distance in carriages. The father of one of the unfortunates, John Gambell, while suffering the greatest apparent agony, related the fol lowing facts : He (Gambell) stated, that for the last month or six weeks a soft Chalky substance was observed to drop freely from the roof of the tunnel (the largest on the line, being upwards of 500 feet) and particularly about 30 feet from the mouth or entrance, on the Winchester side, and within the last fort night the surface of the earth over this particular place was found to wen way or slizlitly sinking, and it was then 'aisceirt a ained that preildualoiberfiiiiiiation of tlielt mitre bor ing hadvbeertitadeiti this precise spot, to ascertain the depth of soil, sled= tonla caused a fissure, which being filled in, was of course by nauseam, so firm as that around it, and to this was attributed :=ealpsi top and the dropping at the hot- O - tittention of the engineer having been drawn towards it; - littitt or ten men were set to work to remove the pressure from above, and from that period until yesterday morning, when the melancholy accident happened, they were so employed. At the usual hour James Wat more, aged 58 years, his two sons, the one one 30 years and the other 18, Charles NyB9, aged 20, James Allet, James Batchelor, 19, Thomas Batchelor,2s, Daniel Laws, 23,William Knight, 24, and John Garobell, went to work, and nothing particular was observable in the cutting until ten minutes to eight o'clock, when they were talking about going to break fast. At this moment, as poor Gambell describes it, the place about them began to close in like a whirlpool, and Wet more, Nyas, Allett, and James Batchelor, were hurled into an abyss beneath, of from 40 to 50 feet, the tunnel underneath giving way to a distance of two lengths, as lie describes it, or about 30 feet, and burying them in the immense mass of falling material. Lows, T. Bachelor, Knight, and a son of Wat more, fell from a considerable height, and the two former were so severely injured as to be cbliged to be removed to Winchester Hospital, where they were promptly attended to by Mr. Lightfoot, onfacrpu t i h esch e ee s do u f rgeo . Gambell states that he must grasped immediately bble shared the fate of the four unfortunate men hgwrhoehn c in e g iv ; ed bu s t s t e h v i e s re giving t i w n e t y ge tor deea which, hhaidi hung he r o n n u i t t hfoersteuanffaot scaffold ing he sp ib f n e e l a h d in e , p his t of right4o feet, e,e cheek, stone in his fall, and was carried y and hands severely lacerated tthne hisro u n g n h me , at m aterial t c o l t; icialcdrlinari leskDe von; where he at present lies. WEST INDIA STEAM SHIPS.—The RouatWest India Mail Company's steam-ship Medina atfived ohbouthampton on Friday morning, about a quarter past eight o'clock. The Me dina brought home three passengers only, ooe m nf ed w i h n o a m is w th a e s the Hon. Capt. Cadogan, of the guards. The second vessel only belonging to this compsury thata h has yet almas b ro ught the mails from the West India 1 ad she not been detained at Nassau on the 3 d , 10,041tave bee n h ere ten days earlier. She left Havana on the lstallareh, and ar rived at Nassau on the 3d, where she was dalained in conse quence of the non - arrival of the inter - colonial mails. Left Nassau on the 13th, and arrived at Bermuda:on the 19th, which she left on the sante day, and was 14 days home to Southampton. She did not call at Fayal. When the Medina left Havana, it was reported that the' Dee, another of the o.npany's steamers, was on shore at Turk's Island, but the rumour was not credited. mintipurtx trotiamott ornirANy exmitoilhipoifir MfritititnYtfiVlMl 4PVEU V. BOLL (Before Mr. Varon Gurney.) This was an action brought by the plaintiff against th.e fendant, as the originator and principal in the establishment of the West Middlesex Insurance Association, to recover from him the sum of £9OO, which she had paid to that company for an annuity of £76 10s., and of which sum it was alleged that she had been defrauded by the defendant ; and also that the association had merely been got up for the purposes of fraud. Mr. Platt and Mr. Gurney were for the plaintiff, and Mr Chambers for the defendant. Mr. Platt, in opening the case, observed that in the year 1836 the defendant set on foot an establishment which was called the West Middlesex Assurance Association, and from which the public were to derive great advantages. ProspecL tuses of a most alluring description were circulated, and in the course of a short time sums to a very considerable amount were deposited for the purchase of annuities. The prospectuses set forth that the capital of the company was £1,000,000, which had been raised by the sale of 20,000 shares at £5O each ; and the names of fifteen persons, all bearing the title of " Esquire," were duly advertised as directors ; and it was further announced that the bankers were the Bank of England, the Bank of Ireland, and the Western Bank 'of Scotland. For about four years the concern appeared to be going on' prosperously, and the annuities were regularly paid ; but at the commencement of the last year the bubble burst, and it was then ascertained that the whole was a fraudulent scheme, concocted for the purpose of entrapping the unwary and plundering them of all their property. It would be dis tinctly shown, that of the fifteen - directors announced in the prospectuses, ten or twelve of the names were entirely fieti dons, and the others were persons in a very humble station in life • that not only was there no capital whatev er, but that none Of the shares alleged to have been taken had ever been paid for. The learned counsel, after alluding to the alluring character of the prospectuses, concluded by saying that it was evident the defendant at the time he commenced the under taking was aware that it would not be profitable—that he embarked in it for the purpose of defrauding the unwary— that the wlfnk scheme was founded in fraud, and for the ex press purge e - of applying to his own use the money invested with the alleged company. After some evidence to prove that the defendant was secre tary and principal in the company, Mr. W. Wilson was called and said—l was one of the directors of the company in question. When I first became connected with it 1 kept a school in the Edgeware-road. I solicited employment as clerk in the office. The defendant said I should be in the office, and he at once placed my name in the list of direc tors. It was subsequently arranged that I should receieess. per week for my services. I was only required to attend one. day in the week ; that was on board days, for the purpose of signing policies. 1 used to sign all the policies and annuity deeds which were laid before me. A number of shares was allotted to me when [ was appointed a director, but I never paid anything for them. The company never had any capi tal that lam aware of. I continued to act as a director until the breaking up of the concern. The defendant was secre tary.and manager nearly the whole of the time. I signed the deed of partnership .previous to the opening of the office, in 1836. Amongst the directors are the names of H. Alex ander, Esq., Bedford, Esq., It. Ayre, Esq., Hope, and Fergusson, Esq. Ido not know any such persons, never saw them at the board, or at any of the meetings. There are also the names of W. Wilson, Esq.. and T. P. Price, in the list. I am the person first alluded to as W. Wilson, Esq. and T. P. Price, Esq. is a youth about 16 years of age, who was employed in the office as writing clerk, and to go on errands. A certain number of shares were allotted to each of us, which of course we never paid for. The defendant always paid me my salary ; he also paid all other persons employed in the concern : it was agreed that I was to have ss. a-week for signing the policies, &c., for the first year, and Ios. a-week afterwards; After I had been a director for two years I was promoted to the situation of clerk, at £75 per annum ; but still retained my seat at the board. For my last year's services I received £3OO ; but that was after the defendant left the concern. I received the letter produced from the defendant ; it is in his handwriting. ' The following letter was then read I— " Sir, —During the time of my secretaryship the following sums were paid by me :—Knowles, £4,040; Mr. Williams, £4,038 55.; Ditto, as solicitor for office business, £1,857 '4s ; Mr. Hole, £7,857 ; ditto, on retiring, £lO,OOO, in manner following: houses in Glocester-place, Surrey-street, and Maida-hill ; to Hole, the freeholds, £8,900; total to Hole, £26,257. I have the checks to prove the sums I have paid to Knowles and Williams; therefore whosoever said I had more than this is a liar, like unto Peter, who denied his Mas ter, and afterwards went and wept, or like unto Judas, who betrayed his Master, and went afterwards and hanged him self. All that I have said or written I can prove. " April 23, 1840. Yours, &c., " W. HOLE." I insured my life in the concern for £lOO, and allowed dis count for present payment, and I received £93. I got the money immediately after I insured; the defendant gave me the amount. Three checks for £5OO each were then put in, they were signed " William Hole,". and made payable to Mr. Wil liams. One check was on the Bank of England, and the others on the Western Bank - of Scotland. • William Edward Taylor said,—l was one of the directors, and was appointed when the association was first established; previous to that period I was a journeyman locksmith and bellhanger, and was in the employ of a Mr. Greathead. The defendant married my wife's sister. I was applied to by the defendant and Knowles to become a director. Was in the habit of attending at the board on Fridays. I received 2s. 6d. for each attendance for a year and a half. I afterwards re ceived a salary of £BO per annum, though I only attended as a director to sign my name to policies. Knowles was chair man of thrdirectors. 1 was desired by the defendant to sign my name. I signed all documents laid before me. It was at first arranged that I should sign for three years, as Mr. Williams was then to take my place ; but at the expiration of that time he said I might as well continue signing, as it was all the same. Mr. Platt.—Did you receive any directions with respect to your dress and appearance ? Witness.—Oh, yes • we were to dress well, and were or dered to wear rings and jewellery. Mr. Platt.—Did you do so? Witness.—Yes; as the defendants gave rings to wear. A paper in the defendant's handwriting was here read, upon which was a memorandum, dated Sept. 13,1839, to the following effect I—" Taylor fined for not having on_his ring." The witness said they were often fined for a sithilar offence. Cross-examined.—Many fines were levied and exacted. Was ordered by the defendant to sign the documents. Mr. Baron Gurney observed that the witness and his col leagues appeared to be the " directed," instead of the " di rectors." Re-examined.—Knowles and Mr. Williams acted as sec retaries after the defendants left the concern. I had no sus picion that anything was wron g . I placed great reliance in the defendant. Williams ) Hole, Hustler, and the defen dant used to be in a private room together, except on board days. Joseph Packer, a law-stationer, stated that he was em ployed to engross the deed of the company, which was dated 26th September, 1837. Saw the first nine names on the list of shareholders signed on that day. He was afterwards de sired to obtain other signatures to it. He did so during the vacation of 1840. He applied to persons indiscriminately to put their signatures to it, and it remained at his office for the purpose. He was employed by Knowles and Williams. Re collects being at the company's office one morning when the defendant and his wife were there. The post had just been delivered, and be saw the defendant open some letters and take some bank-notes from them. He made some observa tion to his wife ; believed the words were " look here." He then put the notes into his pocket : and went away with his wife. Whenever he got any persons fb sign the deed, a num ber of shares were always placed opposite their names. Cross-examined.—Knowles married his (witness's) wife's sister. Knowles employed him to engross the deed. The deed creating the• company was then read, and it ap peared that the defendant was appointed secretary and ex officio a director for life ; it tnrther stated that he was to be allowed, besides his salary, 70 shares, and his wife, as a pro vision for her and for her absolute use and benefit, was to be allowed 700 shares. Another letter, of which the following is a copy, was then put in "France, Jan. 1, 1811 " Knowles,—Thou art a scoundrel, and thy son no better. I shall print and publish all the by-laws and proceedings which relate to any transactions which 1 had with the com pany, and expose your villainy to Mackenzie and others, and I give you and your lying rascal of a b— notice, that if you or he should dare to publish any slander relative to my cha racter, I shall instruct my solicitor to prosecute you, you d—d perjured scoundrel—you base wretch ; swear against your own handwriting? what! swear you never borrowed any money cf me for the office ? Oh ! wicked wretch ; I have your signature, and my solicitor has seen it. Base, base, base ; hang thyself with your friend Williams. Truth. " WILLIAM HOLE." " P.S.—I have heard you have again plundered the office. Oh! how many times, wretch ? Addressed to " Mr. Thomas Knowles, 44, Cambridge terrace, Paddington, London." This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Chambers then addressed the jury for the defendant. He argued that there was no evidence to show that Hole had not originated the speculation believing that it would be pro fitable to the public as well as to himself, and that the break ing up of the establishment was attributable to the miscon duct of Knowles and Williams. And although he admitted that it had been the occasion of great distress and misery, yet the defendant was not responsil;le for it, and he ought not to be ruined because tlit: speculation he had promoted had not proved successful to t.Jose who embarked in it. The learned counsel then pruc: ' .! iat some length to comment upon the facts of the case, ,:aci concluded by stating that the charge of fraud had not he-it proved, and that the defendant was entitled to a verdict - . Baron Gurney addrcsFe,' e jury, and said that the plain tiff in this action sought .ecover from the defendant a sum of money of which he had, as was alleged, deprived her by fritia nt MeltnYttlitved . that the - monerwas - ohtsined by' fraud by the defenaant,' or by others acting in concert and conspiracy with him, the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict. The jury immediately returned a 'verdict for the plaintiff— Darnages, £9OO. _ Elei , en - other actions of the same description were brought against this defendant, for sums varying from £2,500 to £6O, and all with a similar result. The following are the receipts of railways for the past week —that is to say, up to the date to which the respective re turns are made :—Birmingham, £14,112 ; Great Western, £11,033; Brighton, £2,821 ' • South Western, £5,075; York and North Midl an d, £1,669 ; Blackwall, £736; Edinburgh and Glasgow, £1,628 ; Midland Counties, £2,316 ; North Midland, £3,725; Great North of England, £1,067 ; Bit.; mingham and Derby, £1,033 ; Northern and Eastern, £1,266 ; Croyden, £320 •, Manchester and Birmingham, £471 ; Eastern Counties, 876 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, £1,547 ; and Hull and Selby, £953. MURDER AVD SUICIDE.—On the morning of Thursday last, the hamlet and vicinity of Kingswood, principally in habited by colliers, about two miles from this city, on the Bath road, was thrown into the most appalling state of con sternation by the tragic occurrences which we have now the painful duty of detailing. Amongst its inhabitants was a man named Samuel Cook, between 40 and 50 years of age, unmarried, and who resided with his sister, Edith Cook, said to have been a few years older, in his own freehold cottage. fBraumgaitulely, who formerly was a collier, had by i n d us t r y an d realised a competency, and his income consisted principallyof the rents of his own freehold co tt ages . Hi s hwere s erious ; he was a regular attenda n t a t th e metho diasbtitcshapel ; perfectly sober, even to being a member of the teetotal society ; and through life was considered to be of a throat,mys e ' i I . disposition. On Thursday morning, shortly the milk-man, Abraham Fry, came as usual to the cottage with milk, when in passing through the garden in front, he was struck with horror at beholding little Cook lying in a pool of blood, life quite the body of Edith . after most seven kiildi Y o ' clock, 1 • 'di body. which broke from iim they collected the in voluntary cry the cottage found Samuel neighbours, entering when, on e extinct, and her head nearly severed from her An hastly a wound on his own CoOk on the floor, with nearly as ghastly wretched man; who was fast hurrying to eternity , and now I have murdered barely strength to articu lateent for, and Mr. Biggs, and ha, e amurdere drazor n m h his s i i a s i th i e d ar s d, g on the spot ; he sewed " Medical assistance was; surgeon of 'Kingswood, was speed I y . impulse of insanity, unhappy victim of, we hope, some sudden which have led to died about nine o'clock. Of the causes . thing that fully clears up the wound and rendered every possible. attention, but the this horrid perpetration, we can learn no _. the mystery hanging over it.—Bristol Journal ittt MYAL, LIVAIIPtio ind M 6"L'kraeift 4::ig qt. the NORT.LIERN 1344te THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, April sth, A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM With the New Comedy of THE PRISONER OF - WAR. Both of which will be repeated everj , Evening. this Wea First Price.—Lower Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. Second Price.—Lower Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, 2s Pit, Is - . Gd.; Gallery, Gd. ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET MASONIC CHARITY. THIS DAY, (TUESDAY,) April 5, 1842, Av DESIRE AND UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF JOHN DRINKWATER , Esq., R.W.D.P. Grand Maste AND Tril. GRAND OFFICERS, MASTER MASONS, AND OTHER BRETHREN OF THE WESTERN DIVISION OF LANCASHIRE. THE Entire Receipts of the Evening will be appropriated (without any deduction) in aid of the FUND OF BENEVOLENCE, For the Relief of Distressed Freemasons, their Widows, and Orphans. The Entertainments will commence with NAVAL - ENGAGEMENTS. Brother HENRY Donn has kindly consented to sing " PROSPER THE ART," the music by George Hargreaves, the words by Brother James Stonehouse ; dedicated, by per mission, to his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, Grand Master of the Order of Freemasons. After which, MILITARY PROMOTION. To conclude with ROBERT M ACAI RE. The following will be the Prices of Admission for the above benevolent purpose (on this occasion only) :—Boxes and Stalls, 3s. (no Pit on this occasion) ; Second Price to Boxes and Stalls, 25.; Gallery, h.—no Second Price. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be had (on and after Thursday. the 30th instant) of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box office, and of Mr. WALmsLEY, Bookseller, Church-street. ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET LAST NIGHT OF TIIE SEASON. fAN FRIDAY next, the B th instant , for the BE N EFIT k-/ of Mr. R. M. RAYMOND, previous to his appear ance at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, on Thursday next. The Public and Patrons of this Theatre are respectfully informed that an account of the Proceedings at Kirkdale Sessions, (instituted by the Common Informers,) to take place on the Morning of Friday, the Sth instant, at Eleven o'clock, will be given in the Evening to those who are kind enough to Patronise the Entertainments for Mr. R. M. Raymond's Benefit. The performances will commence with the very popular and highly interesting Drama, in Three Acts, called CHANGES AND CHANCES ; OR, WOMAN'S FATE. In the course of the Evening an Address will be delivered by Mr. R. M. Raymond. After which, BLIND BARGAIN; OR, A MATCH IN THE DARK. Miss Cuthbert will Dance an admired Pas Seal. To conclude with THE CHRISTENING; OR, MI FIRST BORN. Tickets and Places for the Public Boxes to be had of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box-office of the Theatre, from Eleven till Three. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.: Gallery, 6d. (to which the number will be limited). Second Price.—Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. Doors to open at Half-past Six. Performance to begin at Seven. Second Price at Half-past Eight. This THEATRE to be LET for Concerts, Lectures, Meetings, &c. after the Bth of April, on which day it closes for the Season. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET Last TVeek but One of the company's stay in Liverpool. THIS present TUESDAY, and TO-MORROW, (Wed nesday,) April sth and 6th, 1812, the Entertainments will cemnience with The Pekin Guards, led by Messrs. Derious and Sands. Mr. Sweeney, the celebrated Banjo Player, will introduce a number of his Negro Songs. Master R. Rivea will appear on horseback as the Tea Picker of China, with a Chinese dance. . Surprising Display of Agility, by the members of the Company, in which Mr. W. 0. Dale, the celebrated Vaulter, will distinguish himself. Mr. J. Buckley as the Shipwrecked Sailor. Cracakatoo ; or, Cocoa-nut Ballet—by Mr. C. Rivea, G. Buckley, F. Rivea, and Master Rivea. Mr. Sands will introduce his Wonderful Dog, Schodine. Mr. E. Derious will appear as the Brigand Chief. Mr. Sands as the Courier of St. Petersburgh. Master R. Rivea will introduce his St. Swithen Chair. Posturing, by Mr. R. Rivea. The Magic Sack, on two horse s, b y Mr. C. R i v es. Mr. W. - 0. Dale in a principal Act of horsemanship. Two Great Negroes—J• Sweeney, the Tall Ni gger , on the Banjo : Vanbrainer, the Short Nigger, in which they will present a variety of Songs and Dances. Grand Fancy Dress Cavalcade, led by Mr. De r i o u s and. Mr. Sands. Admission throughout the Performance—Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. TO PROFESSIONAL GENTLEMEN AND OTHERS. ~8. HEW ITT, SHORT-HAND WRITER AND PRINCIPAL • REPORTER TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, begs to offer his services to Legal Gentlemen and others who may wish to obtain SPECIAL REPORTS of any Cases for Trial at the ensuing LIVERPOOL ASSIZES. Standard-Vice. THE (WERt,A,NO-MA-11. FROM CHINA The steamer with the Indian Mail arrived at Marseilles on the 31st ult. The telegraphic despatch was received in Paris on Saturday, but it does not appear to contain any other information than the mere fact of the arrival of the steamer. The letters and papers were expected in London yesterday morning, and as we shall in all probability receive the Bombay Times, and our usual communications from the East at an early hour, we shall give the fullest details of the important in telligence at the soonest possible period in a second edition. nt tibtrpool &tanbartr. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1842 Our contemporary the Journal has sonic remarks upon a manifesto which has just been issued to the elec tors of the united kingdom by the council of the Anti- Corn Law League, in one portion of which, at least, we , cordially coincide. Amongst other insolencies, this patriotic body, which " claims to he heard as the ac credited representative of all the great trading and ma nufacturing interests of the kingdom," (?) maintains that ." a small minority of earnest men in the House of Commons can preVent the imposition of new taxes, however powerless they may' be, in the face of a mo nopolist majority, to remove existing abuses;" and urges upon the various constituencies throughout the country to instruct their representatives to discharge , this " patriotic duty," (!) or, in other words, to ob struct, by every factious manoeuvre which the forms of the House of Commons allow, and in defiance of the majority of the representatives of the national will, the progress of public business, unless their own partim lar nostrums be adopted by government. With re spect to this advice, put forward by the league, we per fectly agree with our contemporary, that it is " irra tional and contemptible ;" and we would even gcp a little further, and designate it as disgustingly factiaris and incorrigibly wicked." With respect to the policy of the income tax, how -1 ever, our contemporary expresses an opinion of perfect accordance with that of the league; and it is to this portion of his remarks that we wish to direct the atten tion of our readers : We fully agree," observes the Journal, with the league in thinking everything bad of the income tax. It is impos sible to speak worse of it ttan it deserves. Tt is the very wickedest and most vexatious of taxes which the ingenuity of man ever conceived. Yet in its very badness lies our consolation. We ure only astonished at the folly which pro poses it. It is the veryilefig-"that was wanted to bring all the inhabitants of the towns, and especially those of the metropolis, to a full sense of the nature of Toryism, of its eternal alliance with oppressioe, and of their duty to them selves and their country, which so many of them so shame fully forgot at the last election." We are afraid that our contemporary is a little out in his calculations, with respect to the tendency of the proposed tax upon income to effect the restoration of the defeated and despised Whig faction to the confi dence of the people of Great Britain. The Journal urges that such a tax is " the very thing which is wanted to bring all the inhabitants of the towns to a full sense of the nature of Toryism," and, at the same time, of course, to a proper appreciation of the ex ceeding “ wisdom and purity Whig-Radicalism ; but we look around us in vain for any manifestation of such a feeling. We hear ofnq great convulsions in dem society, no overpowering o nstrations of hostility u i e aliures, and of returning towards the government affection towards Whig rule. • " All the inhabitants of the towns" have maintainer-thus far, a most provok ing quiescence ; and, although• a few small people have exhibited a little restiveness. Awn the subject of the proposed tariff—although tio boot and shoemakers have waxed hot upon the subject of their own particu lar trade, the building-club people worked themselves into an awful perspiration, the timber trade exhibited symptoms of having played a wrong card, and several other branches of industry proPhesied their own speedy extinction,—the country itx - bib it s, upon the whole, a surprising and gratifying dasire to submit to any tem porary inconveniences rendered necessary for the car rying out entire of the policy of the government. ri Olr itobei.t i~ ~►`~;+?~i~it~+l`; { thou ;h iicarpOy for trip Yegsons urged by our contetn, porary; for nothing, we Are satisfied, could have been devised which is calculated more effectually to impress upon the minds of the liberal middle classes—the shopocracy of the large towns—the tendency of Whig rule, than a direct appeal to their pockets for the cost of that expensive plaything ; and !zinc illy lacliryn2 ! Raise money by taxes upon consumption; raise it in directly to as great an amount as you please, and let Whiggery fatten upon the vitals of the community, squander the resources, peril the safety, and sacrifice the honour of the country ; but it is wicked—'" •" very wicked" and very " vexatious"—to compel the pure and patriotic gentlemen, for whose exclusive amuse ment and profit the play has been enacted, to contri bute directly to the expenses, when they could so easily be extracted, without a disclosure of their amount, from the pockets of the hardworking and industrious, who have no participation in the pleasure or the profit of the scene. An income tax is very wicked, not, however, however, because it will "bring all the inha bitants of the towns to a full sense of the nature of Toryism," but because it will drive these sensible and sensitive people to an examination of the exact cost to the community and to the individuals of which it is composed, at which a dishonest and imbecile Whig faction may be permitted to riot in place and pay, and exhaust alike the patience and the resources of an abused country. It is not a little instructive to watch the proceedings of the Manchester free-trade cottonocracy at the pre sent moment. But a few months ago, in their ardent appeals to the working classes, these gentlemen were loud in their protestations that the reductions which they contemplated in the price of food were not sought for to enable them to lower wages to a corresponding extent, and that they would not he attended with that result. "The price of fond has no connexion with the price of labour" was reiterated, again and again, by the organs of the league, in parliament and throughout the country. "We shall give to the working man the full benefit of the cheap loaf," was their constant rejoinder to those who, acquainted with their selfish and grasp ing avarice, maintained that the benefit in question would be transferred at once into the breeches pockets of the millowners. And what do we see going on around us now in the cotton manufacturing districts ? Let us examine. A bill is before the House of Commons which, al though not that "total and immediate repeal of the corn laws," which has been the object of the frantic quest of the leaguers, it is acknowledged, will be at tended by a considerable reduction in the price of bread. A new commercial tariff has also been intro duced, which will lower the cost of beef, mutton, ba con, timber, coffee, and a number of other necessaries of life to the working classes. And what is the course which the free-trade millocracy are pursuing with re• spect to these measures and to the wages of their ope ratives ? Are they endeavouring to secure to the working classes the benefits which they hold out ? No. They are, on the contrary, endeavouring, by every fac tious opposition, to retard the passing of these mea sures and to prolong the existing commercial disorga nization, whilst, in the mean time, they are eagerly and actively engaged in an effort to appropriate to them selves the full measure of benefit which ought to ac crue, from them, to the depressed and wretched labour ers whom they employ. A Manchester contemporary (the Courier) of last week informs us that "the reduction in wages proceeds at a humming rate, and must be highly gratifying to the liberal heart of every corn-law repealer. Indeed it should appear we shall very soon rival our continental neighbours in the matter of lowness of wages. We have heard of large spinning and manufacturing con cerns, here and elsewhere, in which, dining the last fortnight or so, a saving of nearly 25 per cent. has been effected in the cost of production." A reduction of 25 per cent. in the wages of the fac tory operative and the starving hand-loom weaver ! We knew that it would do so. We told the wretched dupes, who were clamouring for cheap bread and cheap beef, that not a penny of the saving would be permit ted to come into their pockets; and not a penny will they receive•from these measures! The millowner has the working classes at this moment completely at his mercy. The limit between subsistence and starvation, and below which the working man cannot be depressed without becoming dangerous, is the present regulator of manufacturing wages. Reduce that limit by de creasing the cost of food, and the working man must descend too, and occupy that debateable ground be tween mere existence and famine, in which, by a few days' or weeks' privation, he may be reduced into the condition of an abject and dispirited slave, an incendi ary or a frantic rebel. It will be said, we know, by the millowner—" We have no other resource except a reduction of wages at the present moment. We are not resorting to that step on account of _the reduction by Sir Robert Peel's tariff in the price of food, but on account of the depre ciation in the price of our goods and of the embrrassed state of commerce." The world, however, knows you better, gentlemen, than to credit your asseverations. And when your organs in the House of Commons — the Cobdens, Gibsons, and Bowrings of your tribe — get up, night after night, to retard, by every factious motion within their reach, the progress of the govern ment measures, we trust that some public-spirited member will rise and tell them that these dishonest and disgraceful proceedings are only resorted to in order to retard the returning prosperity of the country, and to give a colour to the efforts of the millocracy to grind down the working man and to divert from his expect ant lips the good which a wise and beneficent govern ment offers to his acceptance. In the notice paper of the council we perceive that on 'Wednesday next Mr. Alderman Evans will move " that the inspectors, appointed by the Council of Education acting under government authority, be in vited, at their own convenience, to inspect the Schools of the Corporation," Why, what Jesuit proceeding is this, Mr. Alderman ? 'What earthly business has " the Council of Education, acting under government autho rity," with the schools supported by the Corporation of Liverpool ? None ! And at this moment, notwith standing the lofty opinion which we entertain of the plausibility and cunning which are the distinguishing characteristics of Mr. Alderman Evans, we have not the most remote expectation that he can establish any tenable ground for an interference so impertinent and uncalled for. • If we remember right it was but a few months ago - sinee - this - same enlightened gentleman was. Ipad in his complaints, that to municipal constituencies, such as ours, much larger powers of legislation than they at present possess were not committed. " Why trouble the state legplature"—was the . exclamation of the Alderman- 1 4 with matters upon which the locallegis latures are equally, or even better calculated to de cide ?" And, in the abstract. there was much reason in the question. If municipal bodies could be per suaded to lay aside their petty personal squabbles—to legislate for the welfare of the population around them, and not for the indulgence of party spleen;—we might admit that they were perfectly fitted to deal with ques tions far more important than those which at present belong to them. But though we cannot admit that greater powers than they already possess may be safely entrusted to local bodies, constituted like our own, we were scarcely prepared to find Mr. Alderman Evans— the advocate of local legislation—conceding, as by this motion he does concede, that the collective wisdom of the borough of Liverpool is unequal to the management of a charity school ! Hide your diminished heads, aldermen and councilis of Liverpool—fellow-towns men of a Ewart and a Thornely—of men who would experience no difficUlties, which their consummate modesty would not enable them to overcome, in un dertaking the professorships of poetry, rhetoric, moral philosophy, or political economy at Oxford, Cam bridge, Glasgow, or the modern Athens itself—hide your diminished heads, for you are unfit—(Evans seipse testant&—to direct even the initiation of little boys and girls into the mysteries of A. B. C., the Horn Book, the Multiplication Table, and the Rule of Three ! You are incapable of directing the charity schools of the corporation, without the distinguished supervision of Doctor J. P. Kay, and the paid com missioners of the Council of Education ! t 4 t Thste ig iltntattlinf,f, ot) gist w ao ably egtitawiptiLl moly C() it not that present Sohpol Committee, we i-. 1; ie astute cunning of the gentleman who brings it forward will not permit us to treat as harmless a missile directed by his hand. Mr. Alderman Evans would, we have no doubt, gladly take the initiatory in any step calculated to obstruct the proceedings of, or to overthrow alto- gether the Conservative Education Committee of council. Such we confidently believe is the object which this eminent utilitarian has in view ; and we would therefore impress upon the Conservative body in the council, to over their most strenuous opposition to the present motion. It will not be sufficient on this occasion for Conservatives to argue that no danger can ----- - ensue, because they cannot see the wires which the alderman has within his fingers. The proposition, in itself, is one which no body of men, with the slightest portion of self respect, can entertain ; and we trust that no absurd and disgraceful concession, on the part of Conservatives, will permit its jesuitical author to chuckle over the success by which it will thus have been attended By the same paper we observe that Mr. Councillor Platt will move, on Wednesday, " that a special com mittee be appointed to take into consideration the pro priety, or rather the necessity, of having two additional schools, one in the south and the other in the north district of the town, for the accommodation of the lower classes, (of which the Catholics form a consider able part,) and to give them a good secular and moral education but no religious instruction." (!) Excellent, Mr. Councillor Platt ! A somewhat different kind of personage are you to the redoubtable Alderman ; and, therefore, we little fear your assault upon the principle of Scriptural education ; —seconded, although doubtless it will be, by that eminent and enlightened Conserva tive, Mr. John Smith ! " MORAL EDUCATION BUT NO RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION." Will there be no Romish catechism'taught in'.,these schools, Mr. Platt? If not, we greatly fear that their reverences, although the council should he willing to play " the Prince of Denmark, with the part of hamlet omitted," for their amusement, will scarcely thank them for the perfor mance. We may be in error, however. The next good thing to being a Roman Catholic, in the estima ion of the priesthood of that schism, is to be of no -eligion at all ; and, therefore, "moral education" with no religious instruction" may be the next best thing to being educated under the immediate tutelage and in the creed of Rome. A mind trained up—educated--morally educated (!) —without a knowledge of religion, of a Supreme Being, or of a future state of rewards and punishment — what a scroll will there he presented for superstition to trace her dark imagery upon ! What a society would that form whose youth were cursed with such a system of education ! Reflect upon it—think of it—good Liberal gentlemen of the council. What fruits could you possibly anticipate from this moral education with out religion ? Is not that charity worthy of being ac cursed which would take into its keeping the children of the poor and deny them the knowledge of the God who made them; —which would impress upon the youthful mind merely secular knowledge, and leave the fair table, which it presents for receiving religious instruction, A BLANK, to be impressed in after life with the hideous falsehoods of Infidelity, of Deism, or of Socialism ? Oh ! gentlemen, discard this odious, destroying, soul-debasing attempt to reconcile possi bility and impossibility, truth and falsehood, right and wrong ; discard it ! That every true Conservative in the council will do so we trust; and we entertain a sanguine anticipation that, with the exception of a few gentlemen, of the peculiar mental conformation of Mr. Councillor Platt, there will not be found many, even of the Liberal portion of that body, who will stultify and degrade themselves by giving such a proposition their support. We have heard much, of late, from liberal lips with respect to the " symptoms of repentance" which have been displayed by some Conservatives upon this ques tion of scriptural education; and more than one ru mour has reached us, pointing out the course which will be pursued by certain gentlemen, whose defection we should be sorry to see, upon one or both of these motions. We trust sincerely that calumny has misre presented the opinions of those to whom we allude ; and that they will not; on trial, be found wanting to thosegreat principles, the undeviating maintenance of which has contributed so mainly to their present posi tion in the confidence of their fellow-townsmen. Should it be, however, that the cunning plausibilities, by which they are insidiously surrounded, have shaken the mind of any Conservative members of the council, we implore of them to tear from before their eyes the film of error throug'i which they have been seduced to view this question, and to look at it boldly, and exercise upon it their native good sense and integrity of judgment. Let them do this only, and we are confident that we shall not have to regret the loss of one voice with whose support Conservatism may not readily dispense. STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &c. Ork Our Cotton Market during the past week has been marked with extreme dulness, and the prices of the low descriptions of American have given way to the amount of about d. per lb., whilst the best qualities maintain their prices. Surats have been in good demand ; but, being offered freely, have declined about id. per lb. The sales of the week were 18,940, including 12 00 American taken on speculation, and 600 American and 450 East India for exportation, leaving only 17,890 taken for consumption by the trade. The feeling altogether in the trade is one of great depression. The sales on Saturday amounted to 4000 bales, including 400 for export ; and yesterday fully 4000 were sold, the prices of the close of last week being fully supported. A considerable business has been done in Manchester in Yarns, but at no improvement in prices. Cloth still conti nues heavy of sale, and little hope is felt of a speedy revival of demand, owing in part to the complete stagnation of the American markets. A better business has been doing in the Country Trade. The accounts from the Clothing Districts of Yorkshire continue of a more cheering character than from the Cotton Districts of this and the neighbouring counties. tyttrg 6151116 n. ti;o l e p p 1 72 AO til tiop 44k4iitiori fai , ll - 04 004 -a>l Mr. Ifiriwa Vakkgr . . w6r6 rg, and Mr. Hugh j4n. and Mr. James Maddock, asLes:;:ors. We refer our readers to Mr. Thompson's announpement. which appeared in our last publication. in which he holds out great advantages to those desirous of acquiring proficiency in the art of penmanship. We have seen several who have been under his tuition, who gratefully acknowledge the bene- fits of his system. • SINGING.—It will be seen elsewhere, that Mr. Russell, organist at Dr. Rafiles's chapel, intends forming classes for the instruction of singing upon Wilhem's system. We be lieve he is fully capable of imparting a knowledge of the art, ~ . having had considerable experience. MR. TEMPLF.TON'S CONCERT.—Our musical friends will perceive, by the advertisement, the high treat which awaits them next week, in having an opportunity of hearing the com bined talents of the celebrated Miss Delcy, and our old fa vourite, Mr. Templeton. We have no doubt the lovers of Scotch ballad will hail this event with delight, as, in addition to the great celebrity he has acquired in the grand scene, he stands unrivalled in his Scottish molodies. A letter, with the following address, passed through' our post-office on Friday last : Mr. Postman, unto your care This letter I to Glasgow send, And hope, on its arrival there, You'll safe deliver it to my friend WILLIAM CLARK—as gude a chiel As any wi' him you'll compare. He's ken'd by all the ladies weel ; He works in " North-court, Exchange-square." NEW PATENTS.—The following are amongst the patents sealed last month :—Charles William Firchild, of Woley Park, Northfield, Worcestershire, farmer, for an improved pro pelling apparatus for marine and other purposes.—Moses Sperry Beach, of Norfolk-street, Strand, printer, for im provements in machinery used for printing with type, and in the construction of type for printing,—being a communica tion.—Henry Smith, of Liverpool, engineer, for improve ments in the construction of wheels and breaks for carriages. —John Houghton, of Liverpool, clerk, for improvements in the method of affixing certain labels.—James Clements, of Liverpool, manufacturer of toys, for improvements in com position for ornamenting glass and picture frames, and articles for interior and other decorations ; also for the manufacture of toys and other fancy articles. SCHLESINGER'S NEWLY INVENTED CLIP.—We have had an opportunity of seeing a new letter clip or file invented by Messrs. Schlesinger and Co. There are many objections to other letter clips, which have been carefully avoided in this. The generality of clips have large screws or grips projecting in the front, which must of necessity prevent the possibility of hanging them up without exposing the letters. The screws or grips of other clips are so fixed at the top, that the - second page of a letter or invoice cannot be read without being taken from the clip, and by the pressure merely resting on one part, the letters are liable to be much disarranged, and often lost altogether. This most important point is very ingeniously in this clip, as the grip for securing the letters, &c., is so fixed on the board that they are perfectly secure at the back, and kept in such order as to admit of instant access for perusal, as readily as though in a bound volume. STEALING ORANGES.—Three boys, Hogan, Dogharty, and M'Guire, were yesterday charged with having stolen a quantity of oranges and apples. They were seen in company on Saturday night, by a police officer, in John's Lane, car rying a bag which was found to contain a large quantity of oranges and apples. Two witnesses, dealers in such fruit, stated, that on receiving information they went to their vaults, under the Pedlar's market, and missed—the one 11 hundred oranges, and about 100 apples ; and the other, two hundred oranges, and half a cwt. ct apples, which had been left safe that night. The:prisoners were committed for trial. ROBBERY IN A DWELLING-HOUSE. — At the police court yesterday, a man named Thomas Flannagan, was charged with robbing another named John Dwire, of a sum of money. The complainant said, that on Sunday morning about eight o'clock he met the prisoner and another man in a public • house in Shaw's Alley, and they sat drinking together till 11 o'clock, when they all went to the prisoner's house in Spar ling-street, to have something to eat. They then remained till three in the afternoon, shortly before which time, the com plainant, who was not perfectly sober, perceived the prisoner thurst his hand into his pocket, and take out some money, part of which fell on the floor. The prisoner's wife wished him to restore it, but lie refused, and threatened to strike her for suggesting it. Complainant got out of the house, and gave information which eventually led to the prisoner's appre hension. His identity was made out, and he was committed , for trial. THE FUNDS, SATURDAY EVENING.—The English stocks, which appeared rather flat in the morning, were strengthened in a material degree towards the close of business by pur chases made by influential brokers on private account. Con sols for money left off 90 to *; for the account, 901 to +; New V I per Cents., 991 to 1-, ; Exchequer-bills rose to 335. to 355. premium ; and India Bonds, to 10s. to 12s. premium. In the foreign market the New Three per Cent. Spanish Stock failed to support the fictitious value it acquired yester day and the two previous days ; there were several bargains in it, which were all done at lower prices ; the closing one was 23 to 4. The other foreign stocks were scarcely so good as yesterday. Mexican left off 401. to i ex div. ; Danish, 80 to 811 ex div. ; Brazilian, 66 to 68 ex div. ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 35 to 61 ; Ditto, 3 per Cents., 20.1 to li; Co lombian, 27 to 1; Belgian, 103 to 104 ; and Spanish Actives, 24a to *. SUICIDE.—An inquest was held yesterday before Mr Curry, the borough coroner, on view of the body of Mary Roberts. The deceased, who was forty-five years of age, was the wife of a carter, and resided in King-street, Toxteth park. She had a sister-in-law who died about two months ago, and had from that time been in low spirits, and subject to fits of abstraction. On Saturday morning, about half past eight o'clock, her husband left the house to go to his work, and returned about twelve o'clock to his dinner, when he found the door of the room in which they lodged to be fast. He knocked and kicked, but receiving no reply, be called some of the lodgers in the same house, who broke into the apartment. They found the deceased lying on her back in the bed, with her throat cut, and a table-knife lay on the floor near her. She was still alive, but much ex hausted from loss of blood. Surgical assistance was imme diately called, and tile wound, which had not reached the jugular or the windpipe, was sewed up. The great effusion of blood, however, from the minor veins of the neck that were dissevered, was such that she died at eight o'clock the same evening, of " venous hemorrhage."' The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased committed suicide, while labouring under temporary insanity. PICKING POCKETS BY AUTHORlTY.—Yesterday, at the police-court, two stout elderly females. Alice Jones and Mary Perry,—the latter with her face mucichiruised,-e-were placed at the bar, they having been taken into custodfqp Saturday night; but no charge was p re ferred ag ainst t em. It ap peared that Alice Jones had been seen taking the money from the pockets of Mary Perry, while the latter was so much in toxicated that she lay on the ground, unable to help herself. Jones was apprehended for the supposed theft, and Perry was conveyed in a hand-barrow to bridewell for safety. Mr. Davenport explained the circumstances. Jones was a poul terer in St. John's Market, and Perry a friend of her's who hawked poultry for her about the town, and who being ad dicted to taking occasionally a drop too much; had given her a general authority to empty her pockets of all - tit coin they contained, whenever she found her "over the - line," lest some one else might get hold of it. Mrs. Jones had, on several occasions, acted upon this " right of search," and always with perfect satisfaction to Mrs. Perry. Both parties, on being questioned, stated that this was the fact, Perry adding that the money was always honestly accounted for by her friend. They were accordingly both discharged, and left the court in amicable companionship. GROSS ASSAULT BY A MAN ON HIS W1F1C,,.--At the Police Court, on Friday a man was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of grossly assaulting his wife. The complainant, a rather, interesting and well dressed female, with her face blacked with blows, who bad a child with her, said she had been married to the prisoner for about seven years, and that he was a seafaring man. He was father of the child. He did not support her, and was in the habit of abusing and striking her. He had violently beaten her on the day mentioned in the summons, and had inflicted the injuries on her face. She was also much bruised all over. She did not want him to maintain her, but to keep away from her, as she could make a moderate living in quiet, by keep ing lodgers —The prisoner said the cotnplainant had a bad tongue, but did not adduce any particular instance of her using it in a provoking manner.+-Mr. Rushton said he had violently assaulted her, and tilt he must pay a fine of £5, or be imprisoned two months ; and,. moreover, find bail to keep theipeace, himself in £4O, antrttri . sureties in £2O each or be further imprisoned for thr c - months. M FIRST APPEARANCE OF . HOLE AT THE HAYMAR u KET.—On Wednesday Mr. Ho made his bow to the Hay market audience in the character of Orlando, in Shakspere s comedy of As You Like It. This gentleman is not new to the. London stage, having performed, when a mere child, Prince Arthur, at Drury-lane ; from that period he has ap peared occasionally at some of the metropolitan theatres, but his practice has been chiefly in the provinces, particularly at Bath and Liverpool, where he has played pll the leading light comedy business with considerable success. The impression made by him on Wednesday night was decidedly favourable ; he possesses a good figure, free and graceful action, and a prepossessing countenance. His voice is sufficiently clear and pleasing in tone, and he treads the stage with the ease and confidence of a veteran. The character of Orlando is not one we would select by which to test the abilities of a light comedian. It is of that half-sentimental order, in which, if the actor be but gifted by nature with a good voice and figure, and a tolerable knowledge of his business, be can scarcely fail of being successful, as the character may be said to play itself. Judging, however, from what we saw of Mr. Holl's acting, we consider him to be an artist of more than average merit, endowed with many natural advantages. His faults are occasional inequalities, and a want of finish in his acting. He draws the rough outline of his characters with a bold and free hand, but we imagine that he does not possess sufficient rnind..to..hestow. the delicate lights and shades that give truth-and - beauty teedramatic pereonations. There can, however, be no doubt that be will prove it valuable acquisi tion to the Hay Market eoawaliy.—Sunday Times. COUNTY CONSTABULARY.—In our last we gave a short report of the annual county sessions held at Preston on the previous day. Our reporter fell into a slight error ors-the occasion, which we are now wishful to set right. We rated that 81 magistrates voted against Mr. Towneley's motion for disbanding the constabulary force, and 55 for it, whereas the contrary was the case ; 55 voted against it, and 81 for it. But as the act requires the majority for the abolition of the force to be three-fourths of the magistrates. present it fol. lowed that the motion was lost by a majority of 21 rotas. The effect of the decision will be as we stated, that the force will not be disbanded, but the correction is important as exhi biting the fact, that a considerable majority of the magistrates are in favour of abolishing it. The following gentlemen voted for the motion brought forward by P. E: Towneley, Esq. :—Sir T. Potter, Sir T. Trafford, Messrs. Michaelson, Ireland Blackburne, Mackreth, William Marshall, P. E. Towneley, John Armstrong, C. Towneley, Edward Grundy, John Grundy, Le G. N. Starkie, Reginald Hargreaves John Holt, G. Th orn b er , J o h n Formby, James Pedder, Richard a Newsham, jun., Wui. Turner, Wm. Gray, Wm. Earnshaw, I:an \m char . B d, irJiae,myes Wanklyn, Elias Chadwick, T. j E a st rae ws'oo lad v Critchley, Joseph Brotherton, H. C. Lacy, Hutchinson, David Harrison, John Hopwood, James i a , JohnSimp ,Simpson, Heys,n sIR. E. Alison, James Kay, Gray Rigge, Holme Maude, J. Aspinall, jun., W. W. Atkinson, Wm. Hall, James Whittaker, R. J. J. Norreys, W. G. Walmesley, Henry Tempest, B. Heape, R. Moore, Parr, Hibbert, T. Newton, Lyon, Peter Ainsworth, E. Siklater, George Ash worth, Brocklehurst, P. Abbot, W. Wright, A. Buckley, J. Mellor, H. 11 ornby, W. Rathbone, J. Crossley, R. Wal ker, W. H. Wood, E. E. Clayton, H. Whittaker Joseph Ridgway, G. Baldwin , Wm. Chadwick, Henry Hardman,f C. Bourne, J. Heald, J. J. Darhishire, John Taylor, Welsh, Armitage, C. Orrell, J. R. Barnes. The following voted against it :—Messrs. John Saurey, Horton, James Alison, Robert Lomax , C. E. Kendal, J. Bushell, John Austen, John Bentley, John Cunliffe, L. Rawstorne, John Fletcher, Henry Petre, Wm. Gale, John Woodcock, Jonathan Brooks, T. W. Rathbone, Reece Bevan ' James Heywood, J. S. Bir ley, John Maste r, T. Cooke, S. Taylor, It. T. Parker, A. Hodgson, W. G. Bell, J. N. Farington, Harvey, J. C. Ewart, 17 1 / 4 7 '. F. Hulton, J. Heywood, T. Rodick, P. M. James, Borstal!, Ilaliburton, T. Lowndes, Foster, T. Thornely, F. Jordan, Wm. Carlow, M. Feilden, Standish, B. Barclay, J. F. Hindle, Robinson, G. Jacson, It. Alison, J. Bairstow, T. H. Hesketh, W. H. Hornby, Joseph Field, A. Wood, Robert Hornby, W. Edwards, R. Ashton, and J. Fletcher. LOCAL NEWS• SAILING OF THE GREAT WESTERN.—This splendid steamer sailed, on Saturdarafternoon, from Kingroad, Bris tol, for New York. She carried out about 70 passengers, among whom was M. Baraigne, the French Ambassador to the United States. Her freight of goods was much smaller than usual. The Great Western will leave New York instant for this port. Professional Gentlemen and Strangers attending the Assizes are respectfully informed that every description of BATH, Warm, Shower, Sulphur, Vapour, and Medicated, as used so generally in London and on the Continent, may be obtained on the shortest notice, at the Victoria Baths, Cases-street, three doors from Clayton-square, near the Railway Offices and St. John's Market. LIVER THEATRE. —Friday night next this theatre closes for the season. Mr. Raymond takes his benefit on the occa sion. Mr. Raymond has laboured hard to please the public, and we trust that the public will not be forgetful of him. He deserves a bumper, and. no doubt he will have it. The entertainments are of a very varied characier. PARISH AFFAIRS.—Qur teaders no danbt have l been sur prised that we did not give, the results ott4e late parish elec tions in our last publication. Having perceived in all our contemporaries official' notices of those results, we expected that we should be favoured with them in the usual course of business. Why we have been left out remains, to be shewn We now give the close of the poll Persons. Votes. For Mr. Birkett . 111.. 290 Mr. Cowgill 42 .. 121 For Mr. Hart's re-appointment HG .. 315 For the amendment that the offices of Treasurer and Rate-book Clerk b e, in 20 .• 40 future, divided LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIAL INSTITU TION, ST. ANNE-STREET.—Mr. J. D• Russell delivered his second lecture on English literature, at this institution, on Friday evening. The lecturer gave a succinct but compre hensive view of the literature of the Elizabethan era and that of Queen Anne. His observations on the writings of Shak speare, Bacon, Spenser, and Milton, evinced a sound critical judgment, and a thoroug h a pp reciation of the genius of those unapproachable writers. The delivery of the lecture occu pied nearly two hours. and was listened to throughout with intense interest by a most intelligent audience. Mr. Russell closes his interesting course on Friday evening next. LONE SALMON.—This delectable Fish, formerly con. signed to an Agency at Preston, is now regularly transmitted, immediately on its leaving the water, to JOSEPH NEWTON'S Wholesale ,and Retail Fish Establi s hment, 14, St. John's Fishmarket, so that the nobility, gentry, and the public in general, may now obtain fresh Lune Salmon (equal, if not superior, to that of the river Severn) three hours after it is taken out of its native element. No other person will be able to supply the public with Salmon equally fresh, as JOSEPH NEWTON is the sole lessee of the Skerton and Lune Salmon Fishery. Crimped Salmon to order, at the shortest possible notice. NEURODYPNOLOGY.—On Friday last, Mr. Braid, surgeon, of Manchester, deli vered a lecture on the science to which he has given the abo ve name, at the Templar's-hall. It was announced that the lecturer would explain the mode of mes merising animals , b ut this was rendered impossible by tile surgeons,furious zeal carried them fa r beyond the bounds of discretion, one of them going so far as to impute swindling to M r. Braid, for which he was a fterwards compelled to apologise. Seve ral of the patients were thrown into the cataleptic and rigid states, and a young ladyth e first sang part of a song whilst in first stage. Mr. Braid being unable to finish his lecture, and to introduce the new experiments, another lecture was announ ced for Wednesday (to-morrow).