The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-23 00:00:00

, ard of ga; directors; -" That in all large, gas —eseept those in Liverpool, where the price cbarge varies according to toe With re- It appears by a recent report from the PRICES OF GA Manchester b esthblishment to all is 7s. per 1,000 it 9uantity used by different cla terence to their present report and obtained returns from 17 the kingdom, and the average I 17 works is Bs. Ncl. per 1,000 1 ss. 104(1., making an average to the smallest and largest c( s of consumers the three principal red by thest she average lowest price difference between the charge onsumers of 2s. This is about the difference which existed in the Manchester scale till the year 1836, when a reduction of price was made of Is. per 1,000 feet to the class of consumers paying the highest Price, and none to the class paying the lowest price ; leaving the differences here, as it st present stands, at Is. per 1,000 feet." The new rate for supplying gas in Manchester com mences at Christmas, when the present price of 6s. to large consumers, and is. to small consumers, will be, re duced to ss. and 6s. per 1,000 cubic feet, according to the quantity consumed. 10.1.;DENT ROBBERY BY A WAITER kipson was placed before Mr. Rust William Hodg 3ton, on Tuesday, charged some c sailor. The latter stated the at.half-past four o'clock, w is, to Hesketh's public-ht £5 note and William Murray, a and a quantity Tie paid for drink,. his pocket-book, which Of silver, and, whilst so r' Some time after, he 1 - when he turned into him out of the He said he was in a minute. The prisoner tore,. _ round him, thrust his hand into the pocket in which he lit ' . his note-book and drew it out, darting off immediately. Tv complainant called out lustily that he was robbed Milk-str house, and gathered about him, and h. in search of t The F he wer money had disappeare trial. contents it for a minut Lent, they set cff was speedily found,: but t prisoner vi committed for MELANCHOLY DEATH.—An inque day on the body of Elizabeth Ann Rc teen months old, daughter of Mr. Wt place. The deceased slept wit I ters). On Saturd Rowlands, of Eldon- lie two maid servants, (sis pt between them. About halflpast six on Snridact and found deceased I found her rather stir called the nurse. Ti ceased was found to be (1 'C of the servants awoke g on her face, and on - laking her up She awoke the other servant and latter came with a light, and the de- Two snag swere called, but their efforts were of no avail. The deceased had had a slight cold, and had had a warm bath on the previous night. As it appeared that paragoric had been administered to the deceased in considerable quantities, the furl adjourned until vesterday.—Yest sorbed. with the child, said, that o ea Haimah Tale, ceased ball a tea spoonful of as it appeared to breathe wilt; been sent for by the mother, difficulty d the dru a tea spoor. Mr. Kelly, 1 was a exat4ination of the c overdose of the wean her, ar narcotic etrec The jury against the servant g particularly attract. chances may occur of the case was ho slept night she gave tie de- ip of squills attire had half ;16L stated that a child of that I . made_a post mortem [ed by an placed in a he medicine bad been given his treatment would aid its rdict of "chance medley THE FUNDS: WEDNESDAY EVENINU. served by the quotations of the day, that notwithstanding the favourable nature of the Mexican decree, r intelligence of the arrival of remittances, that Mexican stogie has not advanced, which may perhaps be explained .by the consideration that so much stock now ramains unissued in and also the the hands of the _ tinder the rvedly offered for it is highly desirable that operation of this decree, be now unr sale. If this should be the ca the matter should be i declaration from the agents of what they mean to do, since, if the stock is to be sold, it would be better for them to take the chance of what it may produce in the open marks like that practised heretofore. only apply to the active stock that it would be worth while in stock to market, seeing bow at than to resort to and• course his remark will, of =llse is not to be supposed to bring the deterred im it yields, and the great additional liability it tnent. The English fund govern- :o droop, under the e fear of a collision between our nce on the question of the liar- celona affair. 1711 to 1721 Consols ha Three pei ded to 931 to :s. Reduced, 1-. ; Bank Stock, 94i- to i ; Ex- chequer-bills and Three-an ; Long Annuities, In; lueed, 100/ to 101. In foreign securities a small amc of business s transacted at quotations much t ruling yesterday Spa;ish Actin )itto, Ne,.__ - 2,3-1 to 4 ; liu tch Two per Cents., 1004 to *; B in to i; Ditto, Five Belgian, 1011 ; Mexican, 31 to 102; Portug to ; Colombian, 214- to 4 ; and Danish, 84 to 85. THE DISTRIBUTION OP PRIZES AT THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY:—On Wednesday last a meeting of the subscribers to the Artists' Fund took place at the Exhibition Rooms, Postoffice-place. There were a great many ladies present who appeared to take much interest in the proceedings. Some delay in the drawing was occasioned by the number of new subscribers enrolling themselves ut a late period. Had the committee been able to make known sooner, their inten- tion of giving away a print, twice the amount would have been subscribed. This fact will no doubt influence them next year, and we hope that those gentlemen to whom the artists are so deeply indebted for the trouble which they have taken, will not relax in their endeavours still to promote the good cause of art ive for the t of their being able following was the George King Ellison .... Goe Richard Ellis William Forster looking uut for make an purchase. The It of the " wheel's turn ' at the close : £4O 0 0 Ed. Mulyneux (Ist £lO 0 0 30 0 0 drawn blank ... 30 0 0 Chas. M`lver (2nd 1 10 0 0 drawn blank) .. 1 i 0 01John Glover 1000 Lawrence Frost .... 20 0 OiT. F. Marshall Joseph Langton .... 20 00; Thomas Holden ..., Samuel Beckwith... 20 0 O'Liverpool Academy K. E. Ellison . James Wordley 13 0 O.W. N. Bell A. H. Kinderman .. 15 0 0 Hugh Perkins Miss M. Duckworth 15 0 Ojarnes Gerrard.. ... Rev. D. Badnall... 15 0 ()George Green George Holt l5 0 0 Thomas Dismore... Andrew Norton 1000 1000 1000 1000 1t) 0 0 1000 1000 10 00 1000 Robert Henderson iiverpool Academy Edward Jan- Mrs. R. Rathbonc Liverpool Academy. 15 0 0 ,E. Brown.. 5 0 0 Mrs. Atkinson l5 0 O'John Tyrer,jun..... 50 0 The selection of the prize pictures will take place to-day, 23d instant, in the following order, viz., the higher the prizes, of twenty pounds ar until twelve ; the fifteen you towards, to select from - ten prizes from twelve o'clock pounds from two o'clock 3 select according to peiority until two; ten until four of drawin RS IN THE CORPORATION EXAMINATION 0. Sctroor.s.—The half-yearly examination of the Scholars in the Corporation Schools commenced on Wednesday in the North School, and terminated yesterday with the South School, and we are happy to say that, in both the institutions, the progress of the pupils, as well as their increase in num bers, appeared to be most satisfactory to the friends of Scrip tural Education. The proceedings in the North School commenced at eleven o'clock, in the presence of his Wor ship the Mayor, Mr. Molyneux, chairman of the Education Committee, Mr. Shand, the Rev. Dr. Tattershall, the _ _ Rev. Mr. Brown, the Rev. Mr. Hill, and a considerable number of ladies. They were opened with prayer and the singing of a hymn, in neither of which was there any division of sect. but all joined in both. After which the :infants, amounting in number to about 200, were examined in general knowledge and Scriptural information. The more advanced classes of boys and girls were next examined, but on a more extended 6cale, in his history, geography, grammar, the scrip tures, &c., in all of which they displayed intelligence of a re markable character creditable alike to their own assiduity and the constant attention of their teachers. They next read the dfith chapter of the Prophet Isaiah, on which they were examined, added to which they repeated several prophecies from the Old Testament, and their correspondent fulfilment under the Christian dispensation and recorded in the New Testament. The examination concluded with ap propriate singing. The Rev. Dr. Tattershall then addressed the children in a short speech, in which he warmly commen ded them for the progress they had made in the several sub jects in which;they had been examined. He was perfectly satisfied that the schools would be an invaluable blessing to those who had the privilege of receiving instruction in them , and he was glad to mention publicly that they were in a state of efficiency, which reflected very great credit upon those to whom their management was confided. The proceedings of the examination concluded by Mr. Stone addressing a few words of exhortation to those scholars who were about to quit the school to embark on their future course of life. The children were subsequently regaled with buns, oranges, &c. at the expense of the corporation. Altogether the day was Passed most pleasantly, and we hope profitably. The exa . urination at the South School took place yesterday, at eleven o'clock, in the presence of Mr. Molyneux, Mr. G. H. Law rence, Mr. 'Wm. Earle, Mr. Houghton, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Joshua Edwards, the Rev. H. Carpenter, the Rev. Mr. Whitley, the Rev. Mr. Higgins, &c. The same routine was observed as at the North School, and with equal satisfac tion. At the close the children were addressed by the Rev. H. Carpenter and Mr. G. H. Lawrence, from both of whom they received very excellent praothed advice. They were regaled like the scholars in the Norus School. We believe they gave complete satisfaction, both by their conduct and their intelligence, to the members of the Education Com mittee present; and to the visitors. The Corporation Schools, under the existing management, have thus given convincing proof of the excellence of the system under which they are conducted, and which we hope will be long continued. S UD DEN DEATH.—An inquest was held before Mr. Currie, on Wednesday, on view of the body of William Lythgoe. James Brodweek, a porter, said the deceased lodged with him in a house in Amelia-buildings, Tithebarn street, and slept in the same bed with him. He came to lodge there on Monday week last, and was then very ill. On Monday night, at eleven o'clock, witness - went to bed, and found the deceased there. Ile had his head raised, breathed with difficulty, and said he was very weak. De ceased asked him to raise his bead. He did so. Deceased coughed hard, and was not able to spit out. He appeared to be quite powerless, and his head fell forward upon his knees. Witness raised him several times, at his own request, as he was quite helpless. While he was supporting him he (deceased) told him he had £l7 or £lB in his belt, and a L 5 note in the corner of his box, and that he (witness) should have the note and his suit of black clothes for his trouble. The last time witness raised him he clutched him (witness) harder, and turned his head round, and opened his mouth, and directly after died. It was about a quarter to twenty minutes after twelve o'clock. Witness, the landlady, and a neighbour sat up all night in the house. About half-past six or seven he went out for some candles. The wife of the deceased and another person were in the house-part at the time. No search had previously been made of his person or his box. The same morning he was asked to go up stairs and see the box opened. He went up and found it locked. A Mrs. Allwood had the key, and she opened it and took out the belt. In one of the pockets of it there was a small Purse containing six sovereigns. Search was made for the £5 note, but it could not be found. He could not tell how Mrs. Almond became possessed of the key. The deceased was asthmatical. He had told witness that he had been a soldier in the Dragoon Guards, and that he had a pension. Mary Attwood, who was landlady of the house, said deceased had lodged there before, and was very poorly. He went to bed on Monday afternoon, and complained of a pain in his side. He was told afterwards by the last witness that de ceased was dying, and called in a neighbour. The deceased had previously given her the key of the box, along with the key of his tea caddy. He spoke to the search for the money, and its result. There was a discrepancy as to the place where the belt was found. Mr. Deane, surgeon, said he had made a post »loam examination, and found that deceased had died of disease in the lungs of long standing. • The woman who kept the house was then called, and it appeared that what she had before steed to two police-officers and others relative to the money was much at variance with what she then stated, and threw suspicion upon her conduct. The coroner stated that lie could not inquire into the disposal of the money supposed to have been in the possession of the de ceased at the time of his death, but the police-officers might represent the case to the commissioner of police, who would act as he thought fit on making further inquiry. It was quite clear that the deceased died from natural causes, and with this only the jury had to deal.—They accordingly returned a verdict of " died by the visitation of God." 81JPPER Well ) " said a gentleman to his friends Who was partaking.of a custard, " So you are in custard-ey." " Yes," replied the other, " and you seem to be very witty (Whitty) over me. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A POLICE-OFFICER.—Thomas Young, Patrick Young, and Patrick Sellinger, were on Wed nesday placed before Mr. Rushton, charged with having violently assaulted William Edgar. constable 55. Edgar stated that about twenty minutes before one o'clock on Wed nesday morning, when on duty in Chisenhale-street, he saw the three prisoners standing at the corner of Wigan-street. He said to them " nose men, it is time for you to go home, it is nearly one o'clock." They replied, "we will please ourselves when we go home—we are not doing any harm to any one." Edgar replied, " I can't allow you to be hover ing about here." One of them replied, "we are going to the Clarence Dock." The officer said, " see that you are off then," and with these words he left them and went upon Chisenhale-bridge. The prisoners followed him, and upon his reaching the steps they went to the side of the canal. Presently Patrick Young came up to him and said—" Do you know me,?" He replied, " yes, 1 know you very well." Young asked—" Wh a t d o you know of me? "—" not much good" was the officer's reply. Sellinger said—" What do you know of me?" •‘ I know you all perfectly well," the you had better go home." Sellinger im- Pat: er replied mediate] struck at him, but he stopped the blow. Young then knocked . off hat, and as he was stooping t, Young knocked his legs from under bin) Acked him in his left side and shoulder. Hi ~rt up, when Thomas Young reshed at him and forced the stick from his grasp, and in tearing, away the string by which it was held to his wrist broke the third finger of his right hand. Thomas Young struck him on his band with the stick, and repeating the blow knocked him down, when all three again kicked him. He got up and seized Sellinger by the cravat, when Patrick Young exclaimed that if he did not leo- his hold he •would cut his hand off. At the same at he felt Young cutting with some sharp instrument land. Patrick Young struck him several times with nis stick, and at length he fell and was kicked until be be came insensible. When became to himself he found several women supporting him in a sitting posture against the wall. He was sent to the Northern Hospital. Superintendent M`Donald stated that he apprehended the prisoners in bed that morning, in consequence of information he had received. Thep all stated that they were in bed before ten o'clock, and denied all knowledge of the affair. An aged female of the sister isle was greatly excited during the examination, and declared she could bring abundant proof that the " boys" were in bed before ten o'clock. Henry. Murray, however, was brought forward, and proved that he was drinking in company with the prisoners till twelve o'clock the preceding night, and that he left them in the neighbourhood of Chisen hale-street. The policeman appeared to have been dread fully injured. The prisoners were committed for trial. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—On Friday last, at the Liver pool Court of Bankruptcy, an extraordinary case came be fore Mr. Commissioner Phillips, arising out of the bank ruptcy of a person of the name of Hall, formerly a grocer in Warrington. It appeared that in the month of September, 1841, the bankrupt absconded from Warrington, and was subsequently discovered to have sailed for America, leaving his affairs perfectly unprotected, but without any effects available to his creditors, either from a secret disposition of them prior to leaving, or by some fraudulent negotiations with other parties, for the purpose of keeping the proceeds from his creditors. The bankrupt's father-in-law took pos session of the books and has retained them up to the present inquiry, and they are stated by the bankrupt himself to be so mutilated as to be of little or no service in making out his balance-sheet, or presenting even an ordinary statement of his assets and obligations. On the bankrupt's arrival in America, he solicited and obtained an appointment as clerk in a grocery store, where he evinced creditable talents, and both activity and vigilance for the period of a twelvemonth, :akc it up, Patrick ellinger momer at his 1 as described by his master in his advertisement of the rob bery in the different American journals. On the I9th of June, in the following year, he absconded from the house of his master at Brooklyn, in the state of New York, taking with him 4,950 dollars, the monies of his employer, in Texian Treasury notes and specie of different denomina tions. It was supposed that he had taken the route to Bal timore, and an active pursuit was commenced in that di rection, but although every means was consulted that the best authorities and the Most practised assistants could de vise, the search proved fruitless, all trace of him being ex tinguished for a month or more. Shortly afterwards, the bankrupt appears to have bad some concexion with a Mr. Thomas Montfort, in South Boston, from whom he also ab sconded, taking with him 1,200 dollars current money of the state. Mr. Montfort immediately advertised the prisoner, offering a reward of 300 dollars for his apprehension, but without effect. The bankrupt contrived to elude the vigi lance of the police in the United States, and nothing more was heard from him until information was received that he had been seen at his old haunts at Warrington, England. His accusers lost no time in memorializing the United States' Consulate of the felony, who, with the assistance of an intel ligent police-officer (Jones), took the prisoner into custody, seizing at the same time a large amount of notes of the Texian Bank, before any messenger from the Court of Bankruptcy was apprized of his return. The bankrupt was brought up before the magistrates at Warrington, to answer the charge of the felony preferred against him from his American pro secutors by attorney. but the case was so beset with difficul ties, in consequence of the indeterminate relations between the two countries on the point of arrest, that recourse was had by Colonel Aspinwall, the United States' Consulate, and also by Mr. Nicholson, clerk to the magistrates at Warring ton, to Sir J. Graham for advice in prosecuting the examina tion, which proved ultimately an affair of so much difficulty as to cause a recommendation by Sir J. Graham of an abandonment of the case—a recommendation which was instantly followed by the release of the prisoner, but not of a restitution of the property, either to the pri soner himself or to the parties deputed by the assignee under his estate. On Friday the bankrupt surrendered himself, the forty-second day having expired, which is the limit prescribed by the statute to prevent an outlawry. Some sttong statements were made by Mr. Nicholson, affecting the truth of the bankrupt's statement of his poverty; this gen tleman asserting that he had good grounds for believing that he (the bankrupt) had some reserved funds, a statement which the learned Commissioner received with his usual cau tion, and with much good feeling and in the best possible taste recommended the bankrupt, if he were privy to any con cealment, at once to disclose it, and save himself from the painful consequences Prescribed for such offences. The ques tion now before the Court is, as to the disposition of the money in the possession of the officer, who has detained it hitherto upon the priority of a criminal over a civil process ; there being put in before the Court a certificated copy of theft. In answer to questions put by the learned Commis sioner, the bankrupt said he was totally unable to make out a balance sheet, a declaration which the Commissioner told him he could not hear of. The books said to be much torn and mutilated in the hands of his father-in-law were ordered to be given up for examination by the bankrupt upon his next examination. Under the circumstances the learned Com missioner adjourned the examination sine die. This case derives considerable interest, as being the latest evidence of the staic of the international law between this country and America, and affords a tolerable presentiment that something is likely to arise out of these negotiations favourable to the interest of both nations in the exercise of public justice, in a reciprocative determination that those who by the violation of their obligations to society have rendered themselves ame nable to a criminal tribunal, shall not by a false, shallow, and abstract right of mere citizenship be suffered to elude the con sequences of their offences. DOCTOR SMITH OF OXTON AGAIN.—This individual again appeared before John D. Case, Esq., at the Town Hall, Birkenhead, on Wednesday morning last, to substan tiate the charges he had made against three individuals alluded to in Tuesday's Standard. Mr. Mallaby appeared as the legal adviser of the magistrate, and Mr. Smith being asked if he was prepared with evidence to prove the charges he had made, replied that he was, and entered into a long statement almost the same in effect as that which has already appeared. He, however, stated, on this occasion, that he left home about three months ago, showed a paper from which it ap peared that be had remitted home £l7 3s. 13d., and said the furniture he left in his house amounted in value to £2OO. The greater part of this property had been pawned by the elder female, who had sold the tickets afterwards. This had been done without his wife's consent, and she should swear that most positively, and be would take the salvation of the oath on himself. All this had been done in consequence of some foolish newspaper reports, but although he had been unfortunate he could assure the magistrate that his character for propriety was first-rate throughout the land. Mr. Mal laby asked Smith to state some specific charge which could be inquired into, and after some discussion some silver spoons, two faucet cases, and some other trifling articles which had been given up on Saturday evening by a respectable trades man in this town to Greaves, one of the Liverpool police, were produced, and Mr. Smith claimed them as his property. The young man said he purchased the ticket for the spoons from the owner of them, Mr. Spilling, for £l, and he had released them for £1 10s., so that he considered he had paid the full value for them. The magistrate inquired if Mr. Spilling was present, but on that gentleman stepping forward Mr. Smith exclaimed, with great vehemence, " Oh, for God's sake do not let him swear, gentlemen, he's not capable, he's a lunatic, and has been placed under my care," and then ad dressing the wrong gentleman, he added " John, John, do riot swear about it ; you are not in a fit state ; what are you going to do ?" The magistrate requested Mr. Smith to calm himself, and not attempt to produce excitement, and as to the capability of the gentleman he should judge of that him ' self. Mr. Spilling, in a calm, rational, and consistent man ner, stated that the plate never belonged to Mr. Smith ; that it was first pawned in Sheffield, and when Mr. Smith took charge of him he was paid £7B down, and £lO to release some articles which were in pawn, which he had done, but on Mr. Smith's return to Oxton the latter had again pawned them in Liverpool, and be (Mr. Spilling) obtained the tickets from Mrs. Smith, and sold them to the person who had re leased them from pawn. Here Mr. Smith again became ex cited, charged the young gentleman with stating what was un true,—that he was insane, asserted that he had released him from the workhouse, and had been obliged to pledge the ar ticles for his support, and ended with a pious ejaculation we do not deem it necessary to repeat. Mr. Spilling answered several questions which were put to him by Mr. Mallaby most satisfactorily, and then stated that it was true Mr. Smith had taken him from the workhouse, but it was the only place where there was a lunatic asylum, in which he was at that time. Mr. Smith, however, had received for his maintenance, during the last twelve months, at least £120; and as be had contradicted what he (Mr. Spilling) had said, he hoped the magistrate would post pone the case until he could write to his friends and prove the truth of the matter. Mr. Smith : "Oh ! for God's sake—by all means ; but, John, (addressing Mr. Spil ling,) take care what you are about,—don't do any such thing." The magistrate ordered the plate to be restored to the individual from whom it came, observing, that there was no pretence for a charge of felony. Mr. Smith : "Very well, but there is no such plea with regard to the blankets and carpet." These articles were produced, and the elder female was charged with illegally pawning them and then disposing of the tickets to her son. The female said she had pawned them at the request of Mrs. Smith, to pay for a wapentake, or the bailiffs would have been in the house ; and Mrs. Smith's brother had assisted her in carrying them. The boy said he had done so, and that his sister knew they were going. Mrs. Smith, in answer to questions from Mr. Mallaby, stated, that she knew there were law proceedings going on, and that the goods were pawned to pay the debt and costs. She also admitted that the receipt had been given to her, but she denied having given the housekeeper permission to sell the tickets to her son : she had told her to sell them to a friend in Birkenhead. Mr. Mallaby therefore advised the young man to give up the blankets and carpet, as it would no noubt save him from further trouble, although there was no ground for a charge of felony. This was agreed to. A number of pawn-tickets were then produced for articles which had been pawned : amongst the rest, a writing-desk, two coats, and various other articles. Mr. Spilling said, a coat and writing-desk belonging to him had been pawned by Mr. Smith, without his consent, and also a large painting by Morland. The elder female said she had pawned a coat belonging to Mr. Smith, at his own request, last midsummer, in order to raise money for him to leave home; and in answer to a question by Mr. Malltiby, Mr. Smith said that was so. Mr. Case said, there was no pretence for charging the parties with felony, and ordered them to be discharged. Greaves, the officer, then stated, that he had incurred some expense. Mr. Case said, he could not order any expenses— ; lie must look to Mr. Smith. Greaves said, Mr. Smith had told Mr. Dowling that he applied to him at the request and with the authority of Mr. Case. Mr. Case said, he had given no such authority ; Mr. Smith had applied to him on Saturday for a warrant, which he had not granted, telling Mr. Smith, that if the parties had committed felony, there was no need of a warrant for taking them into custody. Here the proceedings ended.—[Should this meet the eye of the friends of Mr. Spilling, perhaps they will see the neces sity of interfering.] Two warehouses, 100 yards House. Cottages Jamaica•street i Public. Ihouse. W P t 9 The whole of the engines from the fire-police station, with the whole of the firemen, under the active superintendence of Mr. Whitty, chief constable, and Mr. Hewitt, of the tire brigade, got to work almost instanter. The engine of the West of England Insurance Company was, too, we learn, the second that came up. But though the supply of water was, on this occasion, very fair, anti they all got to work with the utmost vigour, it became evident, from the first, that little or nothing could be saved from the several burning or ig niting premises; and their exertions were properly directed to the extinguishment, so far as they could, of the terrific blaze in the outskirts, so as to prevent the spread of the destructive element to the houses immediately adjoining the warehouses, as well as those on the opposite sides of the three streets, north, south, and east of the area, which were in imminent peril, as the wind blew rather freshly, first from about the W. by S. and latterly and more strongly, from about W.S.W. The neighbourhood is extremely dense in small houses and in population ; and it is a matter of great congratulation that their exertions were so far successful; for had any part of Newhall-street, or more particularly Greenland-street, on the north side, become ignited, a large breadth of the south part of the town, from the original site of the lize, in a N.W. direction towards, and perhaps across, St. James"-street, must have been swept away. Great as the destruction is, the result may be considered as a fortunate escape, and the town owe the credit to the tire-police in par ticular, and (amidst all the new plans that have been de vised) are bound, we think, to support them in their frequent and dangerous labours, under numerous difficulties, until some more approved and practical system be introduced. No accident, happily, occurred to life or limb, so far as we could learn, though one man (as we shall hereafter notice) had a fearful and narrow escape. The first estimates made of a loss are generally much ex aggerated, and for this there may be some excuse in timid or romantic minds. On the last occasion of a great fire, we believe we may claim the credit of priority in furnishing something like the accurate amount, derived from authentic sources—for we are unwilling to " fright the town from her propriety," by dealing in mere vague and indefinite rumours. Our contemporary of yesterday has been led into an error in this respect, and we decline falling into the same groove, however we might make the vulgar stare by a flaming an nouncement of destruction on such an occasion--an occasion, indeed, which is always sufficiently lame.otable as regards our local happiness and prosperity without dealing in the ex travagant. The loss, we believe, will be found (in place of £70,000 to £1000900) to be, in all, from £45,k100 to £47,000 chiefly in the following articles :- 7,000 to 8,000 quarters of wheat ; 1,400 bags of cotton ; 50 casks of madder; 100 barrels of tar and turpentine : 30 to 40 tons of dyewood, &c., &c. About 91 tuns of olive oil, worth about £5,000, (opt in cluded in our estimate,) are yet in the cellars of the eastern warehouse (called " Crane's"), but every hope is entertained that it will be saved. The western warehouse is called " Guyton's." The fire was so far subdued by one o'clock — the flames being reduced to the vanited cellars under the west yard—that little apprehension was entertained of its spread ing to auy of the adjacent property, much of which was long in jeopardy. Many of the inhabitants, chiefly persons in humble life, mere naturally much alarmed, and removed their furniture and families at necessarily great loss. The outer wood-work of a number of the houses and buildings in Greenland -street, Newhall-street, and even Parliament street (thongh to windward), was much blistered, and the walls in sonic instances completely blackened by the dense smoke of the resinous combustibles; but the engines played upon them copiously and so cooled them down, that the da mage was comparatively slight. The two warehouses were both of great height, and also of area,— as will be seen by the plan, which we have made at right angles, for the convenience of our printers, though the parallel streets, east and west, near to which they stood, are not precisely of the same length. They covered an 4rea (to gether) of 1460 yards. These were, we learn, rented from Messrs. Thos. Dover and Co., agents for the proprietors — that on the west by Mr. Guyton ; that on the east by Mr. Crane. The first contained principally grain, wood, and some brimstone; the latter cotton, grain, fustic, and tallow. During the early part of the fire, Lieut. Butler, in com mand of H.M.S. Etna, sent his marines on shore, in charge of Mr. Wright, chief officer under him ; Captain Cumming of the 15th Regiment, from the barracks, Duke-street, with out requisition. also brought up their respective forces, and rendered eflicient service, in maintaining order and keeping ample space for the firemen, until their services were grate fully dispensed with. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, the only portion of the buildings, with the exception of some inconsiderable ruins. that remained standing, was the shell of Messrs. Platt's tur pentine works in the middle, and the outer or side walls only of each of the warehouses, one on the east, and the other in the west, of the space; both still apparently maintaining their perpendicularity; both perforated with numerous win dows, and both surmounted in the centre with an engine chimney. Having now noticed the fire in more particularly a mercan- I tile point of view, we proceed to the descripthve. We do not remember any fire more rapid and incontroh ible in its effects, I or presenting such a variety and succession of extraordinary scenery. In the early part, the rush of immense crowds, the alarm of the neighbours, the shouts of the ti rernen astounded the ear ; while the belching of flames, and the ascension of huge and continuous red flames and cloud s of black smoke 1 from the turpentine and other combustible filed the eye — both tending to indicate a calamity of tar .usual magnitude, that might extend to distant parts of the to wn. The fire was at its height about a quarter-past seven o'clock—the turpen tine works, both yards, and the warehoez as being then in si multaneous, terrific, and, we may add,. :sublime blaze. No painting could have conveyed even an idea of its magnificence. I About ten o'clock the scene, as viewed through a gateway of an outer wall in Greenland-street, was; equally remarkable, though much varied and varying. This gateway opened into the yard containing the turpentine land tar vaults. The warehouses, the turpentine distillery in the middle, and, in deed, the whole area were yet in a rapid state of combustion. The sun shone at the time (beyond the spot) from a cloudless sky. The thin smoke through which be was occasionally seen, for a moment shorn of his beams, :Lnd like his inferior lumi nary the moon, was succeeded by dense vapours pitchy dark ; these by lurid flame, and these by u dearer atmosphere, that admitted him to resume his respleradency. These alterna tions and intermediate ones, presei sting varieties even in a minute that astonished and awed th e beholder. The smoke in immense clouds rolled to the norf .hward and eastward over the town, and appeared to those at a distance to be produced by a series of explosions. At OM o'clock the scene in both streets was almost equally curl' ous. Facing Parliament street were the ruins of the w arehouses—the outer sides bounding an area—part of which, , over the turpentine vaults (nine in number), resembled the supercrust of a volcano, and the boiling tar and turpentine gunning down into the street formed no distant resemblance to the lava. We looked into some of these vaults by an, opening archway next the street, and also down seer oral openings in the arch work in the yard. Virgil's, description of the infernal regions conveys no adequate 'idea of the sight. The arched "bowels of the earth" here; appeared to be one mass of smothered flame, almost at !a white heat, and struggling to escape by the apertures or ha tchways at the tops of the inch ways. The flames did s oraetimes ascend ten to fifteen feet, and were alternately sucrxeC;ed by bursts less significant, co mingled with black smoke.. The bricks and mortar must have been almost calcined. yet they held together. These large vaults have, we ;arc : , been used, for many years, for the stowage of turpentine, and other bituminous substances, and the waste had formed. a cake on the floors of from a foot to eighteen inches in depth. The water, thrown copiously in, whenever an ape , turn near the street was available by a firemen, seemed to have but trifling quenching effect. The flames, if for a moment subdued, again burst up with ap parently equal violence. The injection of sand, indeed, in place of water., would, were it practicable, be much more efficient in such cases. The water as it met the combustion produced a lorid hissing noise. About one o'clock, the scene from opposite. the gateway in Greenland-street was no less curious. The black volumes of smoke from the vaults oc . casionally so darkened the atmosphere, that it appeared like moonless rnidnight, and we could not see even to take a pencil note. Anon, the red flames succeeded, the light, too, shone around, and all was bright and palpable. The numeibirs window openings, in the only two warehouse walls standing, sometimes appeared of a flaming, and sometimes — the brizht shining through the whiter vapour or steam— ocket-book, containing I DIttADFUL FIRE, AND LARGE LOSS OF PROPERTY. I"Yesterday morning, -between five and six o'clock, (the precise time is variously stated,) tire was observed to have broken out in a threatening manner, in, it is said, in the first instance, the turpentine distillery of Messrs. Platt, Son, and Casson, in Parliament-street, and extending from that street north to Greenland-street, or rather within a few feet of each street, the building being detached, and between two yards, one on the east and the other on the west. From the very combustible nature of the materials and stores, both there and in the vaults and some of the premises adjoining, the precise spot where the fire originated is not yet, we be lieve, ascertained, though the probability is that it arose in the building stated, where it was first seen in any consi derable volume. Be this as it may, the yard on the west, under which there are numerous vaults containing tar, tur pentine, and other inflammable substances, as well as that on the east, where there were casks and other articles of a similar kind, were so speedfly ignited that the whole went off, as it were, like gunpowder, and, becoming uncontrolla ble, were soon in a general and terrific blaze, which speedily reached and demolished first, a large warehouse imrneditely on the west, or rather two continuous warehouses, separated only by a wall; and a similar warehouse, nearly as large, on the east, both containing much valuable property, which, together with the distillery and yards, and their contents, (with the exception of some oil, and what may chance to be saved from the vaults, in a damaged state,) may be said to be entirely consumed. The following is a rough plan of the buildings and streets, from which it will be observed that (if we except the narrow row of houses on the east, and also that on the west) the area of the fire included the whole oblong square within four streets; the boundaries being Greenland-street on the north, Parliament-street on the south, Newhall-street on the east, and Jamaica-street on the west ; the area between which is about 6,200 superficial square yards. Newhall-street-58 yards School- house and House Two warehouses, with centre wall— 330 square yards 330 square yarcls Turpentine D &c 42 yards by ]2 yards Vaulted yard with centre wall— 400 yards 0.• they admitted a light like transluceht silver. The whole re minded us, though it was on a much more magnificent scale, of the illuminated scenes at the close of a melo-dramatic piece in a theatre. It is somewhat remarkable that the strip . of houses east west of the area, and close to the warehouses, though fie four streets, should have escaped. for by the walls not having any ap portion or communication either in the warehouses or the houses built against them. Many of them were in great danger, particularly in Newhall-street, including a milk house with a straw-loft. The straw took fire, but it was got out into the street in a burning state, and the fire within was kept down by buckets of water. within the area of This is to be accounted Mr. Whitty and his superintendents and men were most active throughout. At one time fire-police-officer 449 was in great danger of losing his life. He was sent by- Mr. Hewitt into the upper room of the eastern warehouse, facing Parliament -street, to draw no a hose, before the pre- Mr. Hewitt himself was also in the lower room, level with the The limes, however, ran alon by the stairs ad when he got out the flame burst nut from the door, and cut off all retreat for the poor fellow above. lie could neither get down by the stair, from the smoke, nor by the outside for the flames. The ladders were got, but could not be used. At this crisis Mr. Hewitt, at great personal risk, crept on his hands and knees, unaer the flames, which ascended a little, and succeeded in shutting the door whence they proceeded. The man above, seeing the flames below him cut off as by a valve, did not stop to consider how, and lowering himself speedily by the rope, was soon by the side of the officer whose presence of mind and fearlessness thus saved him from inevitable destruction. The warehouse was soon after in one mass of flame. We observed many of the inspectors and police, as well as our head-constable, most active throughout. They were all so black and begrimed that we could scarcely recognise them. Mr. Whitty, and many others appeared as if tlry had taken up the exploded trade of manual chimney sweep ing. Many gentlemen—thousandsindeed—visited the scene during the day, and St. James's-street was crowded with pedestrians, cars, gigs, &c. The property was nearly all insured at different offices, the risks being pretty well divided. The premises and stock of Messrs. Platt and Co. were insured, we learn, at the Liver pool Fire and Life Insurance Company. The two ware houses were insured to the amount of £13,000 to £15,000. LATEST PARTICULARS The School-house, facing Greenland-street, and forming the N.E. corner of the square of the fire, was destroyed— the walls alone being left standing. Ten o'clock, Last Night.—The ruins of the two ware houses, apparent in irregular heaps of bricks, are from 15 to 20 feet in height. The oil (91 tuns) before mentioned, will be saved. The fire in the turpentine vaults, which had emitted so much flame and smoke throughout the day, is now got under—so far, at least, as to enable us to state that it will not extend beyond the limits before stated, and the apprehensions of the inhabitants in the surrounding neigh bourhood are consequently allayed. The crowd is much diminished, though still considerable. Many of the fire police, engaged during the day, and necessarily worn out with fatigue, have retired ; and others have supplied their places, and continue to play upon the fire wherever it ap pears ; so that it may be anticipated that in the course of this day (Friday) it will be entirely extinguished. lEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE The Dock Committee held their weekly meeting yesterday. The following members were present,—Messrs. Sands (chair man), Horsfall, Holmes, Smith, Molyneux, Nicol, Evans, Royden, Tobin, Bold, Shand, Bulley, Holt, 'Middleton, Chilton, and Moon. The Sub-Committee of works recommended that the ten der of Mr. James Bray, of Hunslet, near Leeds, for exca vating Albert Dock and Canning half-tide basin, being the lowest out of fifteen which had been sent in, be accepted. The recommendation of the Sub-Committee was confirmed. The Sub-Committee for the department of the Marine Surveyor reported that an alteration bad taken place in the west end of . the North Spit Bank, which would require Spence's buoy to be removed about a cable's length. The requisite alteration was directed to be made, and proper no tices to be given. _ _ The sum of £lOOO was ordered to be paid to Mr. John Laird on account of the new iron lightship, until the balance remaining due can be ascertained. The Sub-committee for the department of the Harbour Masters recommended that the spare berth in Waterloo dock, opposite the master's house, be appropriated to the American liners, as well as the berths now occupied, upon the condition that the parties make arrangements to accom modate the sixth line of packets under the direction of the North Harbour Master. A report from the Head Constable was read, upon a fire on board the ship Oaklands, tying on the north side of Victoria-dock, on the night of the 18th instant. It appeared that Inspector Massey had found a bale of cotton in the hold, altogether on fire, which was with some difficulty removed on the quay and the flames prevented from extending. No explanation could be given of how the fire originated, until it appeared that two sailors, who had been placed in custody for stealing tobacco from on board the ship, had been smoking in the hold. Had the fire not been 'discovered in time, the ship must have been destroyed. This report was received, and some conversation ensued upon the subject, from which it appeared that further inquiry would be made into the occurrence. Mr. BOLD called the attention of the committee to the dirty state of the dock quays. On the east side of Prince's Dock the quay was in a disgraceful state. Goods were often injured by being placed upon it, owing to the water and filth which bad been accumulated.—The Surveyor said the misfortune was that the quays had been paved with round stones instead of square sets : they had sets enough at the quarry to make the pavement, but the present was not the time of the year.—lt was eventually resolved that the Sur veyor and the Harbour-masters should endeavour, as far as possible, to abate the cause for complaint. On the suggestion pf Mr. BOLD, who stated that the pre sent office of the North Harbour-master was exceedingly in convenient, it was resolved that for the present one of the spare offices attached to the transit sheds should be appro priated for that purpose. The SECRETARY stated that the printers and stationers to the committee for the ensuing year would have to be ap pointed at the present meeting ; there were three candidates only, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Marples, and Mr. Pitt. On the motion of Mr. HOLMES, it was ed that Mr. Richardson be appointed stationer; and on the motion of Mr. BULLET, it was resolved that Mr. Marples be, appointed printer to the committee for the next twelve mouths. In reply to a question from Mr. EVANS, the SECRETARY stated that the prices for printing and stationery of different parties were as nearly uniform as possible. The SECRETARY read a letter from Mr. Worthington, solicitor to the dock trust, on the subject of the appeal of the committee against the rate on the transit sheds laid by the Pavinc , Board. The appeal had been appointed to be heard on Friday last, at the sessions, before the Recorder; but it was arranged that the rate should be expunged, and a special case stated for the opinion of the Court of Queen's Bench, whether the warehouses were liable to be assessed, and if so, upon what principle—whether as warehouses or sheds. The CHAIRMAN said the next business was the appoint ing two representatives on the Conservancy Committee. The Corporation had appointed three members of the Finance Committee. The members would not be called upon very often. On the motion of Mr. Nicol., seconded by Mr. MoLY• NEUX, the chairman and the deputy-chairman were appointed to,represent the Dock Committee on the Conservancy Com- mittee Mr. HonsFALr, said there was a great deal of uncertainty with regard to the duties of the pier-head master and the pilot, when a ship was being introduced into the basins. This uncertainty had given rise to some serious questions, and would give rise to more unless it was settled distinctly. lie inquired what were the duties of the pier -masters in order that the question might be set at rest? The SECRETARY said, the duties of the pier -masters were clear; and they had been distinctly laid down in their in structions. The instructions to them were as follow : •` They must give directions and assistance as to laying on, slackening, or casting off the ropes of vessels hauling into or out of tke basins, and see that no damage he done to the piers, mooring -posts, chains, or mushrooms." After some desultory conversation on this subject, the committee separated. DARING ATTEMP T AT ROBBERY.—CAUTION TO PUB LICANS.—A case of a most daring attempt at robbery was heard at the Police -court yesterday, in which Mrs. Weare, the landlady of a puhlic-house in Marvbone, appeared against five men, named Thomas Connor, - Andrew Brown, John Brown, John Foulkes, and John Young. Mrs. Weare stated, that on the evening of yesterday week, the 15th inst., between seven o'clock and half-past, she went up stairs into her own bedroom in the dark. On going towards the win dow; she thought she saw the movement of a shadow under the window, and on stooping to see what it was, she put her hand upon the person of a man who lay underneath. Greatly alarmed, she demanded of him who he was. and what he wanted there. He replied, "It is me.; and if you stir, or speak, or move, I will s hoot you." The man then ran to wards the door to effect his escape, and Mrs. Weare in the meantime called loudly for assistance through the bedroom window. She could see the figure of the man, but had not an opportunity of seeing his face. She was in the bedroom at four o'clock, and at that time everything was in proper order.—Robert Sutton stated that be was sitting in the bar, when he heard Mrs. Weare scream " Murder !" very loudly. He immediately got up, and at the foot of the stairs he met the prisoner Connor coining down in his stockings, with his shoes in one hand and his hat in the other. The prisoner said to him, " Run to the back ! " He accordingly went there, and when he returned the prisoner was gone.. The prisoner Andrew Brown was in the house at the time.— Another witness, named William Price, said he was ill the house, and he saw the prisoners Andrew Brown and John Brown in the skittle -alley, playing with some others at skit tles.—A boy from the public-house, named Thos. HornhY, described several of the prisoners as being in the skittle yard, and added that one of the party was away for more than an hour, but the others still kept playing on. The prisoner Connor had drank ale out of the same quart with the other men who were playing in the skittle-alley.—Police officer Ainsworth, jun., stated that, on Wednesday last, he proceeded to a house in Gascoigne-street, where he appre hended the prisoner Connor, Whom he placed in bridewell. He afterwards went again, in company with police-officer Greaves, in order to search the house. The two Browns were down stairs; and in the front garrett were found the prisoners Foulkes and Young in bed together. Greaves, who was stationed in the yard, on these prisoners hearing the alarm, observed that a bunch of skeleton and other keys was dropped into the yard from the window of the garrett. All these four were placed in custody. Mr. William Robinson, a clerk from the firm of Messrs. Roskell, Ogden, and Co.. said he had tried tour of these keys, and they were keys be longing to that firm. The premises were robbed some weeks ago : witness lost only 10s., one of the clerks £5, and the firm £1 2s. 6d.;—altogether, XS 2s. 6d. were taken.—Mrs. Weare stated that the bundle which she found on the bed, ready to be carried away, contained two coats, four pair of trousers, three waistcoats, a silk shawl, a silk dress,—some of which bad been taken from the drawers, and others from a chest. A silver cream-jug was also wrapped up in the counterpane. The property altogether was worth nearly £2O. The bedroom door was not locked. All the prisoners denied ally knowledge of the charge imputed to them. Eventually, the prisoner Connor was committed for trial at the next sessions, and the other prisoners were remanded for further enquiry, particularly into the robbery at Messrs. Roskell, Ogden, and Co's. CORRESPONDENCE, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sni,—Having this day observed in the columns of your paper of the 20th a detailed statement of the proceedings in the Liverpool Police-court, on Monday last, in the case of District Serjeant-Major Whitebread ; and the whole state ment made by the prisoner effecting my character, as also the evidence tendered by Serjeant Christian, the paymaster, Captain Woodyate's clerk, being altogether false, 1 have to request you will be so kind as to insert this in your next publication ; and further, that the public may suspend their decision on the matter until the whole statements may have been investigated and proved to be without the shadow of a foundation. -as if Lancaster, 21st December, 1842 JAS. HOPE CAUTION TO PAWNBROKERS POLICE-COURT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, ( Before E. Rushton and J. C. Ewart, Ewe) Mr. Thomas Holland, pawnbroker, of Hotham-street, appeared before the court to answer an information laid against him by William Harper, on behalf of the parochial authorities of Liverpool, requiring him to show cause why he should not be fined for exacting more than the usual interest upon a certain article pledged with him by one John Mathews. Mr. James, barrister-at-law, appeared on behalf of the churchwardens and overseers of Liverpool ; and Mr. Bards well (of the firm of Littledale and Bardswell) for the de fendant. Mr. JAMES said, he had the honour to appear on behalf of the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Liver• pool ; and he should commence by stating under what cir they appeared in the character of informers. It ity which they had imposed upon themselves ; lied upon under an act of parliament called ' Act, to interfere in this case, notice to do the Pawnbrokers section of th, 39 and 40 George 3rd, c. 9 which enacted— "The churchwarden overseers of the poor of any 11 be supposed to have parish or place wl been committed by any pawnbro offence s r against tk rection of an or one of such officers, at the discretion or justices of the peace, on having notice fror the peace of such offence being supposed to have been com mitted, shall, and they, or some or one of them to be nomi nated by such justice as aforesaid, are and is hereby required to prosecute every offender for every offence, so to be sug gested by such justice to have been committed against this act, at the expense of the respective parish whereof they or he are, is, or shall be for the time being such officers or Having received a notice from the bench, under this sec tion of the act of parliament, that such an offence had been committed, the overseers had been compelled to interfere. The circumstances against Mr. Holland were very simple. On a certain day which would be waned, a person of the name of Matthews went to the shop of Mr. Holland, and pledged a pair of trousers for the sum of 35., which sum was advanced to him upon them ; afterwards, upon the trousers being redeemed, the sum of id. was demanded as interest, and paid. Now, under the sectirn of the act of parliament, he believed the defendant could only have demanded the sum of three farthings; and it was for the overcharge that the complaint was made. Mr. BA RDS WELL asked Mr. Rushton whether he thought Mr. James was in a position to proceed? The act, he ap prehended, meant that offenders should be prosecuted for breaches of it, but not before the magistrates at common law. Mr. RUSHTON said the question then was, whether the justice had a right to entertain a complaint so made. Mr. BARDSWELL put it to the court whether the act did not mean that the churchwardens and overseers should not prosecute in another court. He meant under the 28th sec tions, on which Mr. James relied. Mr. JAMES said the 28th section must be taken in con nection with the 27th, which was as follows : "No person or persons using or exercising the trade or business of a pawnbroker shall be subject or liable to any prosecution or information, before any justice or justices of the peace by virtue of this act, for any offence or offences against the act, unless information shall be given of such offence or offences within twelve calendar months next after the offence or offences committed; and that all and every such information and informations shall be given and prosecuted before such justice or justices of the peace as shall act as such justice or justices near to the place where such offence or offences shall have been committed." Mr. RUSHTON said he was of opinion that the parish could either prosecute or proceed by information. Mr. BARDSWELL submitted that the 27th section applied to information, whilst the other applied only to prosecution. He submitted that the proceeding in this case should have been by prosecution at the Quarter Sessions. Mr. RUSHTON was of opinion that the 27th section gave an option, and also jurisdiction to the magistrates. Did Mr. Bardswell rely upon the word "information" being omitted in the 28th section ? Mr. BARDSWELL replied that he did. He apprehended that the cases in which churchwardens were directed to in- terfere, were to be those where there was a crying abuse. This was an information for a penalty ; and the act must be construed strictly. Mr. RUSHTOINT said this was a remedial act for the benefit of all parties, and particularly the poorer classes, w•ho ought to have immediate justice. lie should entertain the infor- mation John Matthews, the complainant, was then called. Before he was sworn— Mr. BARDSW ELL—Have you any interest in this matter? —I have the interest of the poor at ►arge. Are you to receive any money?—Not that I know of. Is there no understanding that you are to receive a part of the penalty, or anything else ?—No. Who pays you for your attendance ?—I have no pay; but I suppose I shall have the penalty, or a part of the penalty at all events. Mr. BARDSWELL submitted that, after this last answer, the witness was not competent to give evidence. Mr. JAMBS said, it was well known that where a witness expected reward, although he was not to receive any, he was a competent witness. Mr. ELLis said, the fact was the witness had no interest in this proceeding, for the information was laid by Wiliam Harper._ Mr. RUSHTON explained that the case was thus :—there had been so many complaints of over-charge against pawn brokers for taking excessive interest, that he had thought it right to direct this proceeding. He had given notice that if those complaints continued, he should feel it his duty to endeavour to put an end to them ; and those complaints having again appeared, he had felt it his duty to call upon the proper authorities to see that justice was done. It was not on account of the farthing which had been over-charged in this case, but because of the system. Let the witness be sworn. John Matthew was then sworn and examined by Mr. JAMES. — He said he was a labourer, and resided in Cherry lane. Mr. Holland's shop was at Nos. 8 and 10, Hotham street. He went there, on the 10th of November last, to pledge a pair of trousers, upon which he got an advance of 3s. On the 12th, he went to redeem them ; and he was re quired, by a boy who was in attendance, to pay 36. which he did. In cross-examination, the witness said he understood the pawnbrokers were in the habit of taking too much interest, and, therefore, he thought it his duty to try whether they could legally do so. Mr. ELLis said, the overcharge would be one halfpenny and two-fifths of a farthing. _ _ _ _ Mr. RUSHTON asked Mr. Bardswell what answer he had to make to this case ? Mr. BARDSWELL replied, first, that there was no evidence of overcharge ; and, secondly, that it was not proved to have been made by a servant of Mr. Holland. Mr. RUSHTON said, the boy was there acting for Mr. Hol land, who was of course liable for the acts of his servants. But was he not carrying on his business? Mr. BAttoswEti. said, the case ought to be proved strictly. - Mr. Rust'ToN.-1 think it has been. Mr. BA RIISWELL.-But because his boy received a penny Mr._ Holland is not guilty. . . . Mr. RUSHTON said if That could be shewn the case would be settled. Mr. BARDSWELL observed that it was for.the informer to prove his case. Mr. RUSHTON said he bad proved it. He had proved having gone there with the trowsers, that he went there to redeem them, that he did redeem them, that he put down the ticket, a person being behind the counter, carrying on the business, who said there was 3s. Id. to pay, which he paid. There was sufficient proof, and he should convict. Mr. BARDSWELL agreed that that would be prima facie evidence; but he objected that there was no proof of the defendant having received the penny. Mr. RUSHTON did not think the objection tenable. Was there no other defence ? Mr. BARDSWELL.—NO. _ _ Mr. RUSHTON did not know what the character of Mat thews was—whether he was a common informer or not; but he was quite sure that it was necessary for the magistrates to nark their sense of this practice of pawnbrokers taking excessive interest. It was in the option of the court to fine either not above £lO or below £2. Matthews here said he had never laid an information in his life before. Mr. RUSHTON asked if there was another case ? Mr. JAMES replied that there was. Mr. RusllToN said he would hear !the second case before he adjudicated upon the first. The next case was against Mr. George Richards, pawn broker, of No. 103, London-road. Mr. Davenport appeared for the defence. The same witness, John Matthews, was called. He stated that on the 10th of November, he went to the shop of George Richards, in London-road, and pledged a pair at trousers for 3s. 6d. He returned in about an hour. He laid down his ticket and was asked for 3s. 7d. which he paid. By Mr. DAVENPOP.T.—Was never at Mr. Richards' shop before. Another person, named Newby, was with him'but did not go in. It was the same day that he pledged the same trousers at Holland's. Had pledged them three or four times that day.—(Laughter.) Mr. DAVENPORT.—What induced you to make so much use of these trousers? _ _ . . . Matthews.-1 did it for the good of the poor.--(Laughter.) I understood that the pawnbrokers take from £20,000 to £30,000 a•year more than the legal interest from the poor of Liverpool, and I thought it my duty to do what I could to put a stop to it. Mr. DAVENPORT. — What are you? Matthews.-1 am a porter. Mr. DAVENPORT.—Were you ever at Mr. Richards's shop before? Matthews.—No : I went into the first shop I came to. Mr. ELLls.—The legal interest is a halfpenny and four fifths of a farthing. Mr. RUSHTON.—Then, do you leave the case here, Mr. Davenport? Mr. DAVENPORT. — Yes. _ _ _ Mr. RUSHTON said,:that on the last occasion when some cases of this kind had occurred, he told the pawnbrokers that if the practice went on it would be a sad matter to them. He cautioned them at that period. He had had cases very often before him of this kind ; and it was necessary—whether the man Matthews was a common informer, or whether he was actuated by the laudable feeling of putting an end to this practice, on which he gave no opinion—to take notice of them. At any rate the man had proved the existence of the practice ; and the object of the magistrates was to take care that the pawnbrokers were honest, and exacted no more than the proper interest. The court would not inflict the full pe nalty of £lO in either of these cases, but mitigate st to £3 and costs in each case, in the hope that the result would hare a tendency to put an end to the system. These were cases, he admitted, of an extreme nature ; but this man had a right to bring them forward for the purpose of trying whether inte rest had or had not been illegally charged. '1 hey were cases within the law ; and if they were characteristic, as he was afraid they were, of a general practise, then it would be in future necessary for the magistrates to.put in force the law to its full extent. Matthews intimated that his character was a good one, and that he had never laid an information before. He said the parties had been to .him, and had endeavoured to effect a compromise, saying, that they did not care for a few pounds, if he would let the matte: drop. Mr. BARDSWELL and Mr. DAVENPORT, on behalf of their respective clients, gave notice of appeal to the sessions, and the requisite bail was immediately put in. WHY SHOULD A MAN CARRY A STicx ?—Because it looks as if he had something of a stake in the country. THE GREEK WORD " NAPOLEON." — A dissection of the compound Greek word " Napoleon" gives the following singular result : NAPOLEON APOLEON POLEON OLEON LEON EON the Lion of the Woods the Destroyer of Cities the Desolating Lion now existing (1813) MR. ROTHSCHILD'S FALL AND .ILEXANDER.—This cele brated man accidentally fell from his horse in the Champs Eqsees, on the same day that the Emperor Alexander of Russia died ; and Rothschild, of Paris, who was somewhat troubled with the vanity of health, remarked some short time afterwards, when the decease of the Emperor was the theme of conversation at the splendid soiree, that two events would render that day memorable in history, viz., the fall of his brother from his horse, and the Emperor a death.— Cliffe's Anecdotes. TESTIMONIAL TO S IBS . FORMR, ; MATRON OP THE BLUE-COA HOSPITAL, LIVERPOOL. On Tuesday evening last, a number of individuals educated in this establishment presented Mrs. Forster with a beautiful silver tea-pot, cream-jug, and sugar-basin, the workinnoship of Mr. Goepel, of No. 86, Crosshall-street, in this tdwn. The lid of the tea-pot is surmounted by the figure of a Blue-coat girl, leaning on a pedestal, and holding in her right hand an open scroll, which hangs down the side of the pedestal, and on which is engraved the motto—" She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness." (Prov. xxxi. 27.) On the shield on the left side of the pot is the following inscription : " To Mrs. Forster. " Matron of the Blue-coat Hospital , Liverpool _ _ This testimonial of respect is pre;ented by a number of individuals educated in the school, as a mark of their gra titude for her unwearied attention and invaluable services to the institution during a period of 22 years. ed with an add we meet you on this occasion. to express to you our deep sense of the exemplary manner in which you have discharged your duties, during the 22 years: you have officiated as Ala- " Having been the objects of your kind care and attention, or witnessed them displayed towards those who are inmates of the institution to which we are all so highly indebted, and .e bound to pray for !dale what you have done, and what a it has r wise Providence, through the instrumentality of our revered benefactOrs, the trustees of the charity, to place from time to time under your protection. Deprived of the comforts of home, and suffering from the greatest of ail childhood's earthly losses, the loss of an affectionate father or mother, A i?RAGMUNt OF A LIFE Thed dwells in this " good old town of Liverpool present moment an individual whom it will suit to call Trip. His real designation our readers 'whenever a suite ,11 arise for making the communication. If any individual be curious respecting Mr. Trip's present residence, we feel that it will be no violation of confidence to give such gentle hint there about as may entirely prevent error or misapprehension Mr. Trip may at this or any other moment, for so come, be found inhabiting a large stone-fronted cc Great Howard-street ; or it may be, if i-is b that he is domiciled at a still more magnific tuously situated on an eminence, commanding the river, at the pleasant village of Kirl, entry residence v ine view of we kno s well f at the toivn or the c that wherever he may be, I hospitably treated, being just e, as may conduce to his health, and sharpen h. appetnt, for the agreeable and provocative viands, which so many cooks are employed to prepare, and which were not 'ong since the especial theme of Mr. Aikin's eulogium. All without his care or payment, Ail his wants are well supplied. ex ercis aired to tali( So much for preliminary : proceed we to tell our story. We presume that Liverpool may claim the honour of hav ing given birth to the individual. who subject Mr. Trip, in due and proper cc self a wife, and had he continued to act in due and course, he might have been not only a wiser and a bett a much happier, man than he is at the present day Bu tiv marked alas ! the path of goodness v to him btit f or he saw it darkly - ; while the germs of fear, rather profusely scattered hi his ld many a !nt wo- he and his•chosen li;ed happily t hey have s into this asylum, looking at your hands to receive some al leviation of their distress. Well and ably have you fulfilled their expectations, and truly and nobly have you merited their most heartfelt esteem and gratitude, watching over them with an anxious, indefatigable, untiring, self-denying zeal, which has made them feel that they had found in the institution another home, and that from you they received all a mother's care. Your able superintendence of every thing bearing upon their comforts, whether it regarded their food, or clothing, or cleanliness; the great interest you have always displayed in all their little affairs ; your extreme anxiety to preserve them in health, or, when sickness over took one of your flock, the affectionate and truly matronly manner in which, as a fond mother to a beloved child, you took the place of a tender nurse, beside the little sufferer's bed ; and the manifest joy exhibited, when your efforts to restore them have been successful, or the undisguised grief when your exertions have proved unavailing, and death has removed one of your family-: these, Madam, are the princi ples which have endeared you to our hearts, and call forth the most affection " To remind ten or underva fitted by them, remembrances I you that your labours have not been forgot lued by those who have been so highly bene- many who ar Toud au . and to remember to acknowledge what you have done for them. We therefore beg your acceptance of this slight tes timonial of our esteem and respect —an offering not adequate to the obligations we record, but emanating from the purest feelings of the heart, which we know will constitute its chief value in your eyes ;—and we trust that, in the discharge of the sight of this may sometimes cheer you on, with the consoling reflection, that, though beset with many troubles and trials, you are not altogether labouring in vain; but may hope, by patient continuance in well-doing, to reap in due time the rich harvest which you have sown. the duties of your c " In conclusion, Madam, we pray that you and your ex cellent husband (our late worthy and respected master, to whom we take this opportunity of acknowledging our obli gations) may be long spared to each other, in the enjoyment in all worldly prosperity, and in the means of pur- Of heal suing your arduous and responsible path of life, with the same credit to yourselves, and the same beneficial results to the children of your care, as hitherto; and when it shall please God to terminate your earthly career, may Ile who has been pleased to consider even a cup of cold water be- the ones name, as a favour himself, greet you with the welcome sound, pd and faithful servants : enter ye into the lamp unto his feet,' own to his pocket, for she was one of men who love money-making better than n or working in Berlin-wool ; she was, in ight admission I business, and Mr. Trip might have " was butter" bad be been prudent hour he cast his eyes of desire on the domestic servant whom his wife had provided to administer to his comforts. He pursued the nymph of the kitchen with his addresses till he made shipwreck of his wife's happiness, who, seeing no rain in the clouds, or in human eyes either, that would " purge the nauseousness of such an act," made her misery evident with all that violence so common amongst injured lad We will not describe the mode which she took of givit to her sufferings ; suffice it to say, that she gave st indication that her life was dashed with bitterness, t piness and she were no more to be partners and fr The husband on his part cared little for his wife advances towards reconciliation, but clave unto his paramour, whom he promoted in his household to dine from the plate she had lately washed. The girl having become a mother, the wife was driven from the house, and in a short time was compelled to apply to the authorities of the parish for relief. The husband whs hereupon applied to, and he liberally allowed his first-chosen wife five shillings per week he mad owed upon one o conferred upon Well done. gc s. and Mr. Forster were evidently very much affected during the reading of this address, and Mrs. Forster made the following repl —I have sinc " Dear Frienas,- ....re pleasure in accepting of this tribute of your respect ; not on account of its value, but from the grateful feeling which prompted the gift. Con nected with the' institution for nearly twenty-two years, I have en3eavoured to promote the comfort, welfare, and hap piness of all its inmates; and it is most gratifying to my feelings, and will prove - a source of great consolation to me hereafter to know, that my efforts have been appreciated by those for whom they have been exerted. " You are well aware that my situation is not without its trials and anxieties, but the kind support and encouragement I have invariably received from the trustees and other friends of the school., with the assistance of my husband, and the affectionate and respectful behaviour of the children, ren dered those duties easy and agreeable which might otherwise have been difficult and irksome, and has attached me to the institution, and all connected with it, by ties and associations which can only be obliterated when memory fails. " In respectfully requestinc , you to accept of my warmest thanks for this, and many other instances of affectionate re gard, allow me also to express an earnest wish that the Al mighty disposer of all events may so direct and rule your hearts and minds, that every thought, word, and action may tend to the extension and promotion of his kingdom and glory ; and that finally eacli of you may receive the joyful welcome of ' Well done, good and faithful servant : enter thou into the joy of thy Lord ELIZABETH FORSTER ' Blue-coat Hospital, 20th Dec., 184 Mr. Forster also attempted to express his acknowledg ments, but the excitement of his feelings prevented articu- [The articles comprising this testimonial may be seen in the window of the STANDARD Office.] PROMOLI AND HAUSBURG'S BAZAAR To those who are resident i❑ this town we need not de scribe the situation and contents of Promoli's Bazaar; but to our distant readers a little information on the subject may prove perhaps not unacceptable. Promoli's Bazaar is the largest establishment of the kind in England, we may say, indeed, in Europe. In it are associated articles of the most costly, recherche and varied character, to supply which the four continents appear to have been ransacked, and old Rome and Greece put in re quisition. The most elegant and highly-priced articles of ornament or of use on which skill, labour, and money have been expended may be purchased ; while but a few paces off the babe may be supplied with a noisy bauble, the child a toy, and the school boy an amusement for his winter even ings while mingling with his young companions. This immense concern now occupies the whole of the building formerly appropriated to the carrying on of the bu siness of the Postoffice of Liverpool. Or► the premises are extensive workshops, in which numerous articles of the stock are manufactured or repaired, such as chandeliers, jewellery, &c., in which many first-rate workmen are engaged. In perambulating the show-rooms we cannot fail to be struck with the extraordinary taste displayed in the selections of the articles around us. We see nothing that offends by its vulgarity—nothing to pander to a vitiated taste; every where the eye rests on an cbject that would aptly adorn our home, whether it be the lowly cottage, the comfortable " residence of gentility," the mansion, or the palace. Here stand in all the perfection of grace and form in " purest ala baster," the Medicean Venus, and near her, far more mo dest, the charming creation of Canova's Genius, for which it is said the celebrated Princessa Borgliese stood as the model. Now we see the " Laocoon" and the writhing serpents, then the " Dancing Faun,"—" the Athlete throwing the Discus," —the exquisite " Dancing Figure lately discovered and copied from the walls of Herculaneum," with other exquisite works in the same delicate material. Our attention is next drawn to the great variety of time pieces, suitable to every taste. A noble model of the Cathedral at Rheims, in silver, stands prominently before us. Many pieces, with bronze groups are finely executed : the Chevalier Bayard, sans pear et sans rejiroche, Cromwell, and other remarkable persons, may be noticed as forming subjects. The wandering eye next lights on the phantom clock, the hands of which mark the speedy race of time without any perceptible machinery. Here are exquisite ewers ' Dresden china, in a variety of devices, several noble jars, of Stafford shire ware, equal in beauty to the best Chinese manufacture. Proceeding onwards we see a variety of carved wooden figures, besides articles of vertu of the rarest description, which we must not stop to notice. The next things shown are work boxes, tea caddies, writing desks, &c., in which this firm greatly excel in the manufacture. Here may be obtained the needful implements and instruments for the boudoir, drawing room, library, or toilet table, in all patterns, in an outward case either of a simple homely material, which a few shillings may purchase, or, one valued at fifty guineas, elaborately adorned, in which expensive and rare woods, cu rious inlayings, highly piled velvet, and precious metals are combined. Carvings from Dieppe, extremely beautiful figures made by the native Mexican artists, Bohemian glass, in all its gor geousness of colour, brilliancy, and variety, foreign and British china, articles in papier mache, trays, teapoys, orna ments, armour in imitation of the antique, almost bewilder by their quantity, beauty and richness. Next come before us the bronzes. One of the largest re presents 411 Amazon on horseback attacked by a panther. The spirit, fire, and vigour of this casting is equal to many of the best specimens of antiquity. The ferocity of the panther and its savage attack, the terror of the horse, and the courage a,od firmness of the warrior woman, are admirably developed. " An Indian Bacchus" and an " Apollo" are beautiful speci mens of art, on a bold and large scale, highly suitable to a spacious vestibule, hall, conservatory, or park. Numberless small specimens of bronze by the eccentric Fratin, who, as a modeller of animals, is a Landseer in fidelity and spirit of imitation, will much amuse; amongst others, two curious candelabras particularly attracted our attention. The base consists of four bears ; the pillar, a tree trunk ; the capital, or top, a bear on his back, his four paws extended, forming the branches; on stumps of boughs, monkeys are seated playing various instruments. Here are busts of " imperious Caesar," Marshal Turenne, Canova's Buonaparte, and other heroes of ancient and modern days. Groups, also, of figures will be noticed, as " Buonaparte at the Bridge of Arcola," " Pious iEneas, who old Anchises bore;" " Buonaparte crossing the Alps," from David's celebrated picture ; " Time amid the ruins of empires," &c., &c. The connoiseur and virtuoso will find here abundant matter for examination, and temptation to lay out their money. At this season of the year, (though it is unlike what we might expect as far as the weather goes,) when the heart of the narrowest spirit expands in kindness, and feels longings to bestow gifts on the lovely and beloved ; when his inclination pulls one way, and his purse-strings another; when the hus band rekindles the sparks of gallantry, which, sooth to say, wedlock has somewhat damped, and makes his gentle wife an offering ; the lover purchases a gage d'omour; the father selects a something to put on his unmarried daughter's plate on Christmas morning, and his married daughter's chimney piece in the evening ;—a more fitting place they cannot re sort to than the present department of the Bazaar, where a souvenir may be found suited to every pocket and every taste ; and, if not satisfied with the glare of foreign manu factures, selections can be made from the jewellery cases in abundance—from the sparkling diamond tiara and the set of oriental pearl ornaments, down to the humble turquoise ring, which the ancients believed would render the wearer faithful. A great improvement has been lately discovered in the manufacture of imitation plate, and, which now can be made to look almost better than the real precious metal itself—it will wear well, and when at all bare of its silver it can be re plated with the greatest facility. Every article usually made of plate is now fabricated of it, from the elegant filligree worked ornament to the teaspoon. We observed great quan tities of this manufacture in every variety of elegance and usefulness. To particularise a tithe of every thing that may be seen in this splendid establishment, would occupy too much space ; and we cannot close this notice without remarking, that the man with a full heart and purse should visit this bazaar—the sordid should also go through it, for surely he cannot fail to find something to tempt him ; but purchase or not, this we can surely say, that whether you lay out one hundred pounds, pence, or a single shilling—or nothing at all—the visitor is made welcome, and shown everything with a politeness and desire to please, that is as pleasant as it is remarkable, and worth imitation. )oor wo- man, careless of opinion, of everything, uest.v.,--- into a habit of drinking, until at length she fell under the full influence of that degrading vice. Meanwhile, the husband and the late servant of the cast-off wife lived together as a loving couple, and a numerous offspring was the fruit of the connexion. At length, however, Mr. Trip gr second flame, and introducing her to some c tuted friend as a paragon, he persuaded th tired of hi: sly masti c fellow to ize. Thus take her and all her (his) children as a spec be was once more a an, with no incur of having to pay the pittance which w•e have mentioned for the sup — port of his Wife s too just an affair to suit his taste, and he frequently evinced his dislike for the exaction by neglecting his payments altogether. On these occasions, however, he was promptly pulled up by Mr. Evans of the Parish-office, who generally looks very smartly after delinquents of this class. _ _ _ 'lr. Trip a aother, One species of emancipation, it appears, gave strong disposition to seek the means of procurm and, as it is said that Satan never deserts a sinner at a pinch, the fruit of Mr. Trip's cogitations on the subject was .a scheme which must assuredly have been of - diabolical origin. We are sorry to say, that cases of matrimonial rupture are too frequently brought forward at our public-office; and Mr. Rushton, our excellent stipendiary magistrate, has often to become the arbiter in disputes ;onetime a trifling nature, but more frequently arisir„, quency. In the course of his adjudicatio a rule not to compel a husband to support from ixr Trip became age. Some . . whom adultery can be proved. Of this rule IV aware, and he'determined to turn it to his adv three or four weeks ago, M ,ddenly ments on behalf of hi;;iie. He was applied to, but withoizt effect, till at length the decisive moment arrived, and Mr. Evans procured a summons for his appearance before the magistrate. Now was the time to carry into effect the clever scheme which had been concocted. One of Mr. Trip's friends—a useful friend—a low fellow who had been fre quently found convenient, called upon the wife with the pretended intention of speaking to her on behalf of her husband. The fellow, hearing from her an account of her sufferings, condoled with her, and, knowing her besetting weakness, benevolently gave her some liquor. It is the nature of those who become the slaves of drink to be mean. She accepted the liquor, and, having put herself under its in fluence, be easily persuaded her to take more, till, in short, she became helplessly drunk. Thefriend immediately betook himself to the street, where a very proper companion for such an adventure was in waiting, being a person of no less conse quence than a thief, who follows that honourable profession with great perseverance. The thief and his comrade took the poor woman, who was stupified with liquor, to one of the most notorious dens of iniquity in Lace-street, where they undressed her and put her into bed. The thief next threw aside his apparel, and got into the same bed. The business of the excellent friend was now completed, and he accordingly took his departure. Whether he communicated with his principal or not we are unable to say, but it is certain that a few minutes after he quitted the house, Mr. Trip entered it, went up stairs to the room where his wife lay, and having seen the parties in the bed he went out again and called a police-officer. Taking the latter into the infamous house alluded to, he pointed out to him the parties in bed, desiring him to observe the face of the woman, that he might know her again. " That," said Mr. Teip, "is my wife ; you see the position in which she has placed herself, and you see what sort of character she has chosen as the companion of her guilt. I wish you to take particular z cumstance, as I shall require you as a witness this, he and the officer departed, Mr. Trip leaving ice of the cir- he thief and his wife together. Mr. Trip thought he had now made all secure. He was sum moned to appear on Monday last, and, armed with his evi dence, he evade his appearance in court. Reim call ' -- for his defence he said, " I refuse to s use she has committed adultery. He made an admirable story about the dissolute habits of the poor woman, and concluded by saying that he had absolutely found her in bed with a very bad character in an infamous house in Lace-street. He called upon the policeman to confirm his statement, which the officer did to the full extent. Mr. Rushton hereupon dismissed the cose, and ordered the woman to go about her business. " But surely," have to say first." said the applicant, "you'll hear what I " Certainly," said Mr. Rushton. The poor woman pro ceeded to state so much that it became evident that a deeper investigation was necessary. The old creature who keeps the house in Lace-street was sent for, and the result was the development of the whole plot. Mr. Trip was ordered into custody, and the other two conspirators were forthwith ap prehended. It was first deemed advisable that the three parties should be prosecuted by the parish authorities for conspiracy. On examining into the case, however, it was found that as the wife's evidence could not legally be taken, the other testi mony was not of a nature that would have much weight with a jury. On Tuesday, therefore, the parties were placed at the bar, when the two conspirators were discharged, and Mr. Trip, as we have called him, was committed to prison for a month, for neglecting to support his wife.—Courier. SPLENDID PRESENT TO THE QUEEN.—On Tuesday a hundred deer were caught in Garendon Park, the seat of C. M. Phillips, Esq., for the purpose of stocking one of her Majesty's parks with the breed (which is considered a fin e one). The fine park was aniniated by the presence of hun dreds of visitors, of all grades, to assist in or witness the taking of the deer, and for those who love the chase, or a rural ramble, much enjoyment was afforded. A large pound, nearly a quarter of a mile in circumference, had been en closed with high nets on the west side of the park, not a great distance from the foot of the hill on which the circular building, generally styled "the temple," is erected, and the deer being driven by horsemen into the enclosure. we re frightened by the shouts of the by-standers, and plunged with tremendous force, head foremost at the nets, by which they generally became entangled by either the legs or neck, and were instantly secured. The fawns and a few favourite bucks were turned at liberty when caught, and much amuse .ment was created by their running through the crowd, and making the best of their way to join their companions yet at liberty in the further parts of the park. The horns of the bucks were cut off as soon as they were brought out of the pound, in order to prevent them from injuring each other all the deer caught were carried to the ball stables ii, _ and a van, the latter constructed for such purposes, _ brought from London, by Mr. Herring, who is employed by her Majesty for carrying her animals of various kinds. Be tween each load, the deer were left at peace, and the spectators amused themselves with looking round the park, or hunt ing the squirrels which abound on the fine timber trees. — Lincolnshire Mercury. ABUNDANCE OF GAME.—A fact of some importance to sportsmen, game preservers, and game purchasers, - coming forth to notice ; and it is a consequence of the elm, : which the amusement of shooting and the practices of agri culture have undergone. Game is reducing in price, and the trade in that article often attended with heavy loss to the dealer ; while the manner and time in which the diversion is enjoyed entails this effect. We are given to understand that one dealer in Norwich sent to London in one week no less a quantity of hares, pheasants, and partridges, than ttro tons weight, and that a loss of twenty pounds was experienced on the sale. A second cargo, nearly to the same extent, was about to be transmitted in the following week ; and the same result was apprehended. This arises much from the change in the manner of sporting. The late Lord Leicester, one of the keenest and best sportsmen that ever lived, has often told the writer of this article, that, in the early part of his life, a notice was hung up in the rooms of the mansions of Norfolk, that the slaughter of the day was limited to two brace of pheasants, five brace of partridges, and one brace of hares. Nay, so incredulous were his own guests of his not unfrequently killing twenty brace of partridges in a day, that a party of six betted him fifty guineas each he did not accom plish the task. • He, however, in November, killed 82 shots out of 84, and won his wager. This was certainly a wonder ful proof of skill; but what relation does it bear to Sir R. Sutton's feat of killing 108 brace of partridges, and some other instances we could cite? The Present Lord Suffield and Lord Gardner shot 69 birds in 45 minutes, and in one field, some few years ago ; and many are the battles at which from 500 to 600 head ure brought down. In addition to those we have lately published, nearly or quite 1,000 head 'Bat the facts which bear upon the were killed in two days a week or two since, at Sir William Beauchamp Proctor's. o f game are these. The substitution superabundant supply. of mowing for shearing wheat has annihilated the prettiest part of partridge s h o oting, that of the stubble; ' •1e the ridging of turnips also tends to make the birds wild earlier period of the season, and save them from the g' The old metho d of shooting was to train pointers or setters and try the instinct of the dog against that of the bird ; whilt the his fou s p o r -f o otedrtsman falli e eltquite as m the uch dis delipla g y of his own skill. ht in the excellence ot If h a ppened that more than two gentl emen t oo k t h e di partridge shooting togethe r . Th ey range d over lvraaerrrgeseli di version of tracts ; and if they shot from five to ten brace of birds, with the occasional enlivenment of a pheasant or a hare, it was deemed sufficient, if not capital sport. But now dogs are rarely used, except to retrieve, a new word in the nomen clature of sporting. Parties of four, five, six, or even more, walk in line, with servants between each, down a field, and every bird that rises is fired at, and generally struck by more than one gun. Hundreds arc killed ; and what was formerly the diversion of a season is now concentrated into two or three days. The preservation of pheasants is strict. Mul titudes are reared under hens ; it having been found, that if the eggs are taken day by day from the pheasant, she lays many more. The birds are confined or allured to the cover by high feeding, and are never disturbed except on the days of sacrifice. These battues (the name, as well as the cus tom, is derived from the French) generally commence in November; and consequently these immense supplies all come into the market at once, as it were, and the price falls. We have no doubt that very large q uantities are destroyed for want of sale. It is indeed in evidence, that one poulterer threw 2,000 partridges into tbe Thames at one time; but this was before game was legally saleable. —Norwich Mercury. waggon is now