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DPgreNtif ted the The - which th e y purpose adtlll-ig following is a copy of the letter addres... gentleman by the churchwa rdens , expressive of the st of the co ngrega ti on, which must have been as great him as to the trustees who made the appointment :1 to the re "Liverpool, Jan Dear S —As the churchwardens' of as devolved on us to request your acceptance of the sum of one 1 small token expressive of their high estimation of your pair, sacred duties of your off instruction from th ing to the necessith signed to your pas " We feel assured exertions in fulfill Vtial 5 g Feat mercy, be blessed with h ea l t h an d strengt h to continue itt'well doing"; and may we all through his bounty to us be enabled to make up annually this addition to the stipend of our respected and valued minister.'—We remain, Sze,. " H. C. CHAPMAN, Churchwardens " J. R. COOPER, • - ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND VIOLENCE.—At the Poll court, yesterday, a young man, well known to the pot was charged with having violently assaulted and re James Forrester, a flour-broker, residing in Key Forrester stated, that, about half-past eight o'cloci day evening, he was returning home with a ye , named Catherine Burns, from the Park, where taking tea. In order to 4- go across the fields. th wall near North-street. tention of assisting his companion over, meet the prisoner and another man jumped over tilt after them. The prisoner immediately seized him b neckerchief, and demanded refused, he was knocked down, the men. They threw him down him about the face till it was frigi. contrived, however, to give his purse Burns, who, by calling out. " Robbery ! ' alarmed p o li ceman No. 301, who came to The prisoner and his companion then ran ot, smart chase, he was secured, but the latter c prosecutor lost a silk handkerchief from his h, outrage. This statement was corroborated by the police-offioer, who added that, on he observed that blood hick Ile mounted the Crallti; nee fro reed to sower, in defence, said he was the Park, when he met the prosecutor anu mer jostled against him, on complaining of which h him, and all he had done was to E. was committed for trial at the assiz LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. school of this institution opened yesterday with .. pupils, on which occasion the lecture hall was for a time used for divine service. A voluntary was pe whilst the pupils were entering; after which the r and masters, attired in collegiate costum e , has. , placei on th e platform, the ' - • King's College, London, was ithprt... reverend principal. About 500 of the pare,. the pupils were present in the lower gallery, (w. set apart for the accommodation of those who be present at the morning service,) and, one and highly delighted with the proceedings. The appearai. pupils as they passed to and from the lecture hall collegiate gowns, was an interesting much gratification. free of expense, to the upper school, the pupi eminently distinguish himself dor"— .• has also generously placed a._ tors, to be awarded in such prizes as they may William Potter, Esq., has announced his intention two free nominations to the middle school, t the m. tinguished boys of the present year. The privilege of peting for the preceding prizes will be confined to thr pits, who may attend during the present quarter. ducements to enter the Collegiate School are thus becom. Powerful, and when John Gladstone, Esq., carries out his intention of founding for them an university scholarship, they will be materially increased. The upper school is announced to open on the 13th February. Many of the most opulent and influential of our townsmen have already entered their children as pupils, and several of the gentry of the neighbour ing counties purpose sending their sons to it. In a few years, therefore, under the able guidance of the reverend principal, and the eminent and experienced professors whom he has been so fortunate as to engage, we may expect to find the pupils of this institution taking a high stand in the universi ties of the country, and, thereby placing the Liverpool Col legiate Institution in an honourable position with respect to the preparatory colleges of the country. The middl 'ection of prayers use read by has beer Lord Francis - Egerton will non .0 at the disposal of the COII,RESPONDENCE TO RICHARD COBDEN, ESQ., M.' The in- SIR, -- Before we meet to-morrow call your attention to some facts which nect themselves with the present position of our ma. ing population, and the miserable low state of our or mercantile trade, and, as truth will in all things ul' prevail, we shall assuredly arrive at a sounde corn-law question by sifting the following facts for two obvious reasons, viz.,—To ascertain how t manufacturers and merchants have executed their with the nations of the world, nationally, not barely ind vidually,) by the manufacture and sale of such goods as honestly made, or likely t o b e soug h t f or a second time secondly, ho w far such goods will be taken, in futur ment for corn •, however simple these questions may appear at first sight, they are, to my mind, all important in the con sideration of the corn-law question ; not looking at that question in a spirit of tenderness towards;the landlord or tenant, for in that spirit there is no safety—the food of the people is a subject so momentous, as, next to their moral condition, to be paramount to all others. Now, the popular question of "free trade in corn "sounds sweetly, I grant, and I admit it may, for a time (or for ever, if you value the admission), render that commodity cheaper. Next comes the question, in what do you propose to pay for it ? You will reply, in manufactures. In manufactures ? " Manchester goods ? " But have not the goods hitherto classed as export goods already disgusted many of our foreign customers, and will they not rather sell us their corn for cash, and 'ouy manufactures at an honestcp market ?—lower prized they cannot find, The conjurers, who talk a 1.,„.. _ • - r view orders e, in pay- La auout lain down and depend ing Upon a cheaper market for corny fancy that if we wanted corn on an emergency, it would be supplied from our own soil as quickly as mushrooms, and that laying our land down in permanent grass, we should produce more beef and mut ton. To this it may be observed, what pretty little fat sheep of 6 lbs. a quarter would our excellent neighbour, Michae Ashcroft, of B an k h all, produce upon his presenthighly cul tivated farm if it were driven into permanent turf ; but, sa you, there would be no, deficiency in this supply if the trad' were free; perhaps not, if we were always sure that we could pay for it ; bot if our manufactures, and most particularl that portion with which you are connected, have already, b their artificial ch arac t er, di sgusted the wearers of them, y do you mean to cure that evil? 'Do you advise the of honesty in future ? If so, our ina' survive the present depression, without your interferenc with the borne customer; and, if not, they had better be fo gotten, because, for the last thirty years, they have b conducted in principle, as to enrich the few by the slay. the many, whilst they have encouraged the over-productic of a rascally bad article, which has afforded a beggarly remu. aeration for the labour of the working classes, and reduced the demand of sound goods, by the encouragement thus af forded to the export of materials and machinery. Look back on the character of Manchester prints so called, Which have been exported !—piles of thousands of pieces— possessing neither cloth nor colour —merely dipped cobwebs —your shirtings filled up with rubbish, and sealed with a no torious lie in the English tongue. Could any one be surprised that such a trade ire guish in the long run? Even supposi sue been furnish to the rudest barbarian, ng the fig came possessed of an honest-packed article, he would the Britisher and his goods with derision. Examine enclosed patterns, v a l ue seven farthings per yard, fine glc satin-faced printed Manchester cambrics : dip them in wa, water—alas ! your fine piece is gone, cloth and colour, at you are left with a mere cobweb. These, although improve ments on the rubbish of twenty years since in appearance, form still the same fraudulently -packed stuff, which starves him who labours at them at home, and destroys the character Of the nation abroad. They may earn a very large profit (Once) for the merchant or manufacturer, but benefit no other Party. Do you expect to buy corn with such trash ? Fudge Nor is this kind of fraud confined to Manchester. Look at the trash got up by your Yorkshire neighbours in cutlery for our foreign customers, wh erever t h ey can be forced ; and blush to see a east-iron knife or razor, a box of tools, and various other trumpery, polished up and marked in our own tongue as of final quality ! Da you, my noble cotton le suppose foreigners are such dolts as to prefer Ems , ' to goods of honester make ? I remember full well a glove - Upon this principle, reduced the sewers dozen, (for which the poor people burnt him i cut all the rejected leather lie could procure a l ower-priced article than was previously of them were about the size of two bricks, stiff a, No hand could be introduced ! No matter!—t gloves for export, They could not be worn. What consequence? In a few - years the trade was aunibilate But we may illustrate this shabby nearer h, viz., 'Yorkshire b roa d s. Time was w p hen ractice the Britisher; home were not so skilful in their knowledge of such do What was then the practice ? Why the pieces were aboi foot narrower than theMest of Englands, and this fault hidde n by folding the cloths in a fraudulent Manner, so a appear to an inexperienced eye as of full breadth. To s an extent was this practised, that old Joe Grimaldi made of his whimsical hits in a Christmas pantomime, by ; clueing a supposed piece on the stage, so folded with black list, and the words thereon in yellow silk,;' Yorks Broad." The Yorkshire folks ultimately gave up the p, tice, and by turning their attention more to (limb , - ceit, now rival the West ; but they too "have practising a ne w f rau d , of tearing old rugs to ma' coats. Do they expect to buy corn with them That there has been much sufferine :- districts all humane persons '— suns must have made strang, patience exhibited by the po ter n ; and in justice to these poor n. herein stated will be properly inquired into ere the con mers of bread plunge themselves into irretrievable ruin destroying the • home producer and consumer, who requ good s that will pay the nicker for the labour of his han, rather than by pursuing a system which has already paraly2 the spirits of the manufacturing population, even if with t knowledge of their past sufferings, you could reasonably t lieve that foreigners would be such fools as to continue take such rubbish as that forming the great proportion export goods, in exchange for the next thing to gold, vi; corn, the article you propose to discourage the production Will China take them for her crapes, nankeens, teas, silks. Pshaw ! Turn your attention to excellence of qualit tod fair ness i n packing, and China may be a splendid Cu half st mer, aud if so, th goods they will buy f com will en for a btleto the w p h r: e i starved weavers e to earn t hey are as much entitled as the farm labourer. How_ is that th ey have been deprived of it, whilst their employe have becom e rich as Nabobs. There is the rub ! The cure for our disease is to disco , tinue the use of substitute as the staple of ourmanufactur it° longer to practise deception in packing, and then you w „ l onger require to stamp a continuous lie on the prods b onscif your looms, and foreign nations will soon exhi better feelings, arid more confidently rely o honesty of our seem inclined dealings than they see incli n llied)e honour; t n o t a t t h i i i s re g s r s I perceive Mr. O ' Conne ll i s to figure away Muste r of philosophers ; be will probably describe to Meetin g h ow hi s countrymen have m anufacture of their honestly packed)elost their once beau linens, to which I listen with attention, and ,how he proposes to recover i the :introduction of cheap corn. AS 1 have extended my observationsfa your our apparen beyond my i ntention I will briefly add that I admire .is for the public good ; but your one idea li fallacious. the rest appear to me to rest upon that f a ncr" ;talent, whi atactures w seen so tl goods to I hitely be comparisons of the love Pr men, and by their ric i, I trust the Yours, respectfully, JOHN JONES Liverpool. Tanuary3olh, 1813 " Why are soldiers (ni foot more liable to err than ladies °it horsback Dy'c give it up ? Because soldiers muster and ladies canter, FOXTETI rAttk PROft, 8T NT OPZUATII9I ASSOCIATIOIN Last night d droiitded Meeting of the Members anti Meads of the Tosteth-park Protestant Operative Association was held in the Toxtetb-hall, Mill -street, for the purpose . of con sidering the propriety of adopting a petition to patlidincot, praying for the discontinuance of the annual grant to the popish College of Maynooth. The Rev. H ticit INPNIALE, patron of the association, presided. The Divine blessing hay . ing ceedings, in an appropriate pri incumbent of St. Thomasis, The CHAIRMAN addressed t yen implored upon the pro :r, by the Rev. W. BUTLER, A. petition for inquiry Into the prirAi Izlit in the Colleee Ainvnooth i time; and t first to g to that IA clang your na secondly, tc with such . information, in :addition to that you already will satisfy you it is a Christian duty so to do ; ,nd thirdly, to excite such interest in your minds upon the subject as will induce you to endeavour to cause your fellow townsmen to ettaeli their names also to this petition. (Hear.) It has been told me by some who have come to me from this side of tha town that there exists among you a feeling of dis appointment and even of despondency. Ido not participate in any such feeling. Ido not think there is the slightest reason why you should abate, in the smallest degree, the energy, the earnestness, the activity, the perseverance of your efforts in the cause of Christian truth and Scrip tural education. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) You have been taught, ,and I hope that you are well and fully persuaded, that duty is not to he measured by success; but that it rests upon a principle which remains unchanged, whether the All vise disposer of all events be pleased to crown the cause with resent and practical advance, o)- to try its advocates by pre at exercises of patience. (Hear.) If, therefore, it could shown that our cause had made no advance; if no friends ' been gained to it in parliament or in the country ; if it d precisely where it did ten years ago, still our duty remain the same, equally obvious and equally urgent. kr cause is not in this position. (Hear, hear.) It has Documentary evidence, supporting possess advanced. (Cheers.) our strongest assertions in reprobation of the principles in: culcated in Maynooth College, have been laid before the public and largely read : the standard books which contain the leading features of that evidence have been lodged by the official consent of the proper authorities in the ptiblic libra- —And in Dublin),--yes,, and in Dublin too. ions from various parts of the country, with v. — 1 numbers of signatures, attest the progress _..de out of doors ; and in the House of Commons ~iinority of those who boldly voted with n: Point is increased from seven or eight to forty-eight. Our cause, therefore, does not stand where it, . , it has advanced ; and advanced perhaps as rapidly as it was reasonable to expect such a cause could advance against the tide of " conciliation," as it has been falsely called, and " liberality," equally falsely called, but indifferentism and infidelity, properly called, which had spread through the country. (Cheers.) increase leering upon this (Great Voren.—May God increase it further. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN.—A very extraordinary principle, if it can be called a principle, has been gaining ground in this country with regard to public men—namely, that, although it is their duty as private individuals to avow their real sentiments, yet, as public men it is not their duty to avow their real seal ments-Thear) ;—and that they may have certain sen timents upon which they act as individuals, while unfortu dately they may act upon a different set of sentiments in their public capacity as rulers of a mixed community. You will not understand me to suppose I approve of such a sentiment. (Hear.) -1 am telling you it has spread in this country, and I want to make you understand the evii nature of it; I want to expose it; and, in order to expose such a subtle sentiment to an audience such as I now have the honour to address, it is necessary to speak very plain. One of the greatest diffi culties that gentlemen have to contend with upon such occa sions as this is, in point of fact, that we are speaking to two auditories at once—an auditory like yourselves which, without meaning any disrespect to you, I may say, requires plainness of speech, and an auditory such as the reporter for the news paper is busy getting ready for, who require critical nicety— (hear, hear) ;—so that, in point of fact, 1 must remember that I have not only to address the partieS , assembled in the Toxteth-hall, but also the parties who will read the LIVER POOL STANDARD to-morrow morning. Now upon the subject of this " liberalism ;" I heard a strange anecdote of three gen tlemen, one of whom said " Two and two are four." Another said " No; . two and two are are six." (Laughter.) The third was appealed to as an umpire ; he was a liberal gentleman, and he said, " My good friends it is necessary to conciliate in these times, and not to drive matters to extremes; it is necessary to 'be kind in the construction put upon other people's words,—the friend upon my right, perhaps, did not mean all that he said when he said ' two and two are four,' and it is posSible that my honourable friend upon the other side may have exaggerated a little when he said that two and • (Laughter)—and I propose, as a real verity of , for peace sake, that it be laid down henceforth that nd two are five!" (Loud laughter.) " If," he con ned, " I was speaking in my individual capacity, knowing ,s well as the life within me. that two and two are four, I would agree with that gentleman ; but I have a public charac ter to sustain, in the which it is necessary to conciliate ire six— varions parties—to remember the conscientious objectionsof dissenters, and to maintain the first dignities of the church; therefore in my public capacity I dare not say what I know to be true, two and two are four, that would be dangerous and indiscreet : to say that two and two make six would be false; and, therefore, I come to the legitimate, the discreet, and the parlirnentary conclusion that two and two are five." But not only has our cause as respects Moynooth prospered in the face of this enemy, but the kindred question of Scrip tural education has also prospered. (Hear,) It is true-that no chance is contemplated in the system adopted in Ireland, but in the only town in England, where that system was in troduced, a change has not only been contemplated but com pletely effected. (Loud cheers.) It is true that some of our representatives appear to have changed their mind since they were elected, but what then? Our majorities are not so scanty as to be affected by such changes; we have gained our point as touching the schools, and you have been gaining as electors. (Cheers.) Iron should take care to whom you give your votes, because, remember, a representative in a British deliberative assembly is not a fettered delegate, but he is a free debater. (Cheers.) You cannot at once confer and withhold your confidence—(cheers) • you send a member to the House of Commons, or to the Town -council, but being there, he no longer consults for you only, but according to the best of his judgment for the whole kingdom or for the whole town. (Cheers.) This is a general principle of our constitution as laid down by its greatest lights. (Cheers.) There may, indeed, be peculiar cases of voluntary and plain declarations on one side, and sudden and unexplained votes upon the other side, which may render it unspeakably dis graceful for a man to screen himself behind this generous principle while he is practising deliberate deception ; and in such causes it may be very proper for constituencies publicly to mark their reprobation of such conduct. But, then, they must remember that even in an extreme case like this, with the exception of public opinion, they have no strictly con stitutional remedy till the next election. (Cheers.) With these few remarks I must content myself, and call upon my friends who bath joined me, and kindly undertaken to address you this evening ; but there is another point upon which I wish to offer a few remarks, because I have heard that some of you have been unsettled by it. I have heard. but perhaps I have been misinformed, that some of the emissaries of the Anti-Corn-Law-Legge have been among you—(hear)—a republican faction, making up by perpetual motion for the want of weight in their numbers, their cha racters, and their respectability in the - country. (Loud cheers.) Rest assured that the question between these men and the aristocracy of England is a question between repub licanism or monarchy, - and nothing short of it. (Hear.) But they talk of regard for the poor, and they talk of cheap bread: what is the reason they do not talk of cheap labour? (Hear, hear.) They deny that cheap bread will lead to cheap labour ; but " facts are stubborn things," and since the influx of foreign corn of late, and the great, and blessed, and plentiful harvest we had last year—since provisions have been cheaper, wages have been lowered. (Loud cries of " hear, hear.") That is a matter of fact : it is a fact, (Hear.) I saw a gentleman to-day from Bolton, who told me that there are men working there for 4s. 6d. a week— (hear, hear)—and yet these gentlemen will say in the Am phitheatre to-morrow evening that the price of food has no connection with the price of wages! (Hear.) I want you to ask them this, if you have an opportunity. (I do not want you to go to their banquet for the purpose, though) will they be content to agitate for a clause in the act of parliament, which shall repeal the Corn-law for the regulation of wages, a clause prescribing a point, below which the mecha nic shall not be required to labour?—(Hear, hear.) If Mr. Cobden will agitate a minimum clause of wages, he may then call himself the labouring man's friend ; but while he agitates for free trade in corn, he agitates for free trade in wages too —(hear) ; and when he has got down the loaf so that you can buy it for sixpence instead of a shilling he will get down your wages, for he will tell you "you can live for so much less now than- before."—(Hear, hear.) He will tell you then " Were you not a fool not to see this sooner?—(Hear, hear.) Did •ot tell you we wanted to compete with foreign manufac but we could not do it while bread was so dear ?" does that mean but this—" How can we compete with the foreign manufacturer but by manufacturing at home cheaper, and how'cheaper but by paying you less?—(Hear.) I understand there is a celebrated countryman of mine 'ng to join them to-morrow. (Laughter.) You must . not be sure of him, because there was a very conven i ent blast of wind this evening, just about the time the Publin packet sails. (Loud laughter.) I want to read you a passage from a very significant letter lie wrote lately, with regard to this subject of free trade that is so much talked of. " Within little more than twelve months no less than six tariffs have been proclaimed against English manufactures. In November, 1841, a ,Russian tariff against her worsted, her woollens, and her cotton goods. In December, 1841, a Por tuguese tariff against her woollen goods. In June, ]842, a French tariff against her linen-yarns and linens. In July, 1842, a Belgian tariff against the same articles. In August, 1841, a United States tariff against her woollens, worsted, and cotton goods. In September, 1842, a German League tariff against one of her largest articles of British export, namely„ her worsted goods, printed or-figured. There is one thing exceedingly curious, which. looks like a hallucination over the minds of our great statesmen. It is this. In the face of these tariffs our ministers have gratuitously, and of their own mere motion, opened our markets, either at no duty or at a low duty, for many foreign articles which we ourselves can and do produce. Thus, whilst foreigners close their markets against us , we retaliate by opening our markets freely for them. I am certainly an advocate for free trade; but it must be a just and generous freedom, not that bastard free trade that throws all the burdens upon our produce, and leaves all the advantage to foreign articles." . (Hear.) Now, here is the man who wrote this for a purpose in Ire land coming over here to speak at a " free trade banquet! " (Cheers.) Why if he uttered this in the Amphitheatre to morrow night, they would probably turn him out, great a man as he is! (Great cheering, and laughter.) " Free trade "—yes, but it most be really free ; but these mighty manufacturers do not desire that; they do not desire that there should he any protection for their manufactured goods, but they desire that there shall be no protections for the farmers. " Anti-monopoly "is their cry ; and " Citizens of the world " they call themselves. Now I ask the m w h y should E ng l and monopolize manufactures?' (Hear.) If you are an anti -monopoly man, why crush the manufactures of other nations? Keep it at home. That is monopoly ; keep it at home, but apply the same principle to everything. We are the opposers of- monopoly, for we wish to have both (hmanufactures and agriculture, and not Itiarnifactures only;— ear)—we are the opposers of monopoly, for we wish other nations to have both manufactures and agriculture, and not agriculture only ;—(hear)—so, then, we are the opposers of monopoly, and they are the monop o li s t s ! (L ou d cheering.) _ Now if w e are to have free trade. as M r. O'C onnell says here, let it be a real reciprocal freedom, and let us not have what he calls " that bastard free trade" which would allow American corn to come into our ports without duty, while the Americans will not allow British cotton goods to go into their ports without duty. (Cheers.) You cannot force every people ; therefore you Cannot have " free trade all the w orld o ver. " (Hear.) Fair play is a jewel. (Hear.) But ppose you could force every people, and have real free trade all the world over, I wish you just to look at the con sequences. (Hear.) There is no limit to what may be pro duced by machinery : a machine will do as much with two or three men to work it, as two or three and twenty men, or two or three hundred men perhaps, could do without it. There is a limit to what man can produce, but there is no limit to what machinery can produce. If all the ports of the world were open to England free, machinery would produce in a little while what would supply and glut all the markets of the world. While doing so the manufacture rs whentoresofttntgl,avnads would be mu lti p li e d a thousan d f o ld ; and ctllturt be a atatting nation. (Hear.) instead of bringing some only to the sthrving point, they would, when stagnation came, bring all to the starving point, and leave none to feed them. What can be done, fhen? I - do not intend to weary you by going largely into this question ; but I wish very mu( • willing b e wages o. y know how-fanianage they have ma them with lhaving c place a fe ; but I state a fact that during those distnr ...ey gut rid of their old stock of goods; they sold them off; the men struck ; they would not work ; they got no wages ; they withdr ew th e i r b a l ances f rom th savings' banks, and lived upon their savings. No goods were pro duced ; the home market must be supplied ; the old stocks were brought out, and they kept the people at bay ; and in stead of giving them wages, they were obliged to live upon their own balances out of the savings' banks. lam stating a fact; I ds not accuse any person of wilfully bringing about his state of things, but the fact resulted so that many stores were cleared of the old goods, and the master manufacturers pocketed as much as would realise the £30,000 they now want, while the poor people were getting no wages, but liv ing upon their own savings. (Hear.) This was one cause of the smaller consumption of articles of food in England during those few months, a cause of the fall in prices, not from. any larger qu an tity o f th e article, but absoltittly be cause there was less of it eaten. (Hear.) There is a passage here before me from a speech of this same Mr. Cobden, who has been mooting this question with so much' animation in various parts of country, a passage from a speech he delivered in Edinburgh, which comes to this subject of wages ; and I am willing you should hear what he has to say :—" When the late corn law was passed, 1 asked if they were also going to pass a law to keep up the rate of wages. I brought before.them, from the votes of their proceedings, that they had declared, in answer to the peti tions of the hand-loom weavers, that there was no power in parliament to regulate wages oflabour."—lt w• - perhar• _al hour U i t - " a the manufae. taring distric oat that was made known to him. oas let us into a secret here—it is in evidence that it is not in the power of parliament to regulate the wages of labour. He is not afraid of a wages clause; but if it were in the power of parliament to regulate wages, he would not be so ready to force it upon parliament to repeal the laws for protection of agriculture. • (Cheers.) " I asked if they were now going to pass a bill to raise the rate of wages ; and proposed a mo tion in which I declared that it was unjust to raise the price of corn while the house had declared it had no power to raise the rate of wages." It is unjust to lower the price of corn, therefore, if the house have no power to prevent the lowering of wages. (Loud cheers.) They laugh at us for saying that the labouring man is better off when bread is dear than when it is cheap ; but, neverthe less, it is true. (Hear.) Dear bread is better than cheap bread ; you must get wages enough to buy bread, and you may rest assured, my friends, that whatever collateral in fluence may be brought to bear upon this subject, and.how ever difficult it may be to t a k e c l ear v i ews o f i t di vested of those influences, upon the right side and upon the left, and however temporary effects may be produced by extra neous causes, yet in the long run, and upon the broad scale, the price of food will and must regulate the price of wages. Therefore when food is cheap the poor man is worse off than when food•is dear, because, if even he can get his food for half the money, if he only gets half the wages, he is worse off, because he has but the other half of the smaller sum to devote to everything else he wants besides food. (Loud cheers.) I endeavoured to make this as plain as possible in a little dialogue I remember giving to a meeting in this town, and which was printed; that dialogue, which had a large cir culation, contains an argument -which these gentlemen have never condescended to answer, yet they now crow as if they had answered it. They crow like a cock that has all his own way throughout the whole yard—(laughter)—and they are persuading people to believe them because the respectable portion of the community do not take the trouble of con tradicting them. They are going through the whole country from town to town; they have come here now, and they had a gathering to-day to settle what is to be done, and they will have a much greater to-morrow. They state things with as much boldness and effrontery as if they had never been re futed ; they argue as lo ng as th ey can get the smallest bodies to believe them, and whilst they are endeavouring to make persons believe them they are gaining converts. The re spectable part of the community, on the other hand, have not thought it worth while to get up a counter agitation, to argue against these men, and to enlighten the mass of the people. The gentlemen of the country have paid you a high compliment; they are satisfied with your good sense, and they do not think it necessary to send lecturers among you to keep you from the fallacies and the misrepresentaions of the lecturers of the Anti-corn-Law League. They have given you credit for common sense in this matter; and I should be very glad if you would justify in this town the opinion formed of you, for while there are many gentlemen in the town who disapprove of this agitation, none of them have come forward to say so,—(hear)—they have called no counter meetings, which they might have done ; for it would be as easy the, day after to-morrow, or the first day the Amphitheatre may be disengaged, to fill it with the friends of good order, the monarchy, the church, and the corn-law—(hear),—as it is for them to have it full to-morrow of the friends of repeal. (Cheers.) Why do we not do it? You do not require it; you are satisfied already. (Cheers.) Before I conclude, and in order to bring you back to the special subject of the meet ing, I wish to mention another topic introduced by Mr. O'Connell in his letter. " The people of Ireland have a direct and immediate interest in the miseries and misfortunes of England. When England is strong and prosperous, she is uniformly harsh, cruel, and unjust towards ireland. When England is in distress, she courts or conciliates the Irish people, or submits to the necessity which then arises of doing some injustice to Ireland." The public mind in Ireland is favourably influenced by the thorough knowledge the Catholic clergy and laity have, that the Catholic church in that country cannot possibly be free, without the restoration of an Irish parliament ! (Hear.) He describes what he means •by freedom to the Catholic church, by the restoration of an Irish parliament ; and one thing he aims at by this resto ration is what he calls " the fixity of tenure." I think it highly probable that many of those I have now the pleasure to address, may not be in possession of the meaning of this phrase " the fixity of tenure." Mr. O'Connell wants the people of Ireland to feel they have hold upon their farms whether the landlord choose or not—that they are all pro prietors ; and he gives this description of it • himself : " I am greatly obliged to my friend, Mr. Moylan, for af fording the information that the tenant who plants trees, and registers those trees, possesses a property in them, even after he has left, or has been driven from, the farm on which they are planted "—So he has a property in the trees upon the farm, after he gives up the farm to his landlord ! He says then—" This opens a new view to my mind, and I think that there is no improvement which the tenant may make that he may not equally secure to him a property in it if he should adopt the same means of registering it. (Hear, and cheers.) Let him, therefore, register every improvement, whether in planting, draining, or whatever else he does, and he may possess a like property in it, whatever be the improvements he may have effected." Here is a " fixity of tenure !" He wants the poor man to have real possession of the land ! But here what follows : I may be in error, but the principle is a vital one—one of vast importance to Ireland --one which cannot be too wisely carried out, and 1, therefore, say that it demands attentive consideration (hear and loud cheers.) Let it be known that almost all the proprietors of the soil in Ireland have their possessions by force and fraud. (Cheers.) I told you at first that the movement was a revolutionary one against the aristocracy and the monarchy o the kingdom. (Hear.) It is so; and now I come back and show you that this part of it is in the very language I have last read is based upon essential principles which we have alWays told you belong to the Roman Catholic Chcrch in Ireland. She holds the principle which maintains, as we have often shewn you, that the proprietors of the land being Protestants, have no just title to that land—that it was not in the power of the King of England to give that title—that they possess their land by fraud or force, and not of just right. This it the principle which lies at the root of all good govern ment, peace, and quietness in the land. There is just cause, then that thelovers of order in this land. (Hear and cheers.) should, calmly and constitutionally, peaceably and plainly, address the legislature—that they should in well-arranged petitions setting forth the grounds of their alarm, and stating the principles on which they wish to be governed, to inter pose between this republican party that is raised up against England sod Ireland, and against the constituted authorities of our limited monarchy—(cheers)—for you may rest as sured that the question is not merely the repeal of the union between England and Ireland, though that is put forward, nor a repeal of the corn-laws, though that be put forward. (Hear.) These would be taken as " instalments ;" but the question behind and beyond both of them is, whether we shall remain a limited monarchy and a Protestant church— whether there shall remain a circulated and a honoured Bible —or whether there shall be a prostration of all regulated authority in the lands before a rising republican revolution, that would sweep away the altar and the throne, and take our Bible and our church from us, under the pretence of giving cheap loaves to the poor. (Tremendous cheering, when the reverend gentleman resumed his seat.) The Rev. W. Btermrt commenced by reading the resolu tion, to the effect—" That this meeting, convinced of the high and paramount duty of using, in the defence and for the furtherance of the pure Gospel of Christ, all those means which are providentially and constitutionally placed within their reach as Christians and British subjects,—and fully sensible that such duty remains unchanged in its principle and obligation, whatever changes may take' place in the go vernment of the country,—do now determine to renew their application to the Imperial Parliament on the subject of the College of Maynooth, wherein they firmly believe that prin ciples and practices are taught repugnant to the Word of God, hostile to the Protestant monarchy of Great Britain, and such as, if prevalent, must prove subversive of the civil liberties, as well as•of the Scriptural privileges, of English men." This resolution, he said; set forth the cause why the meeting should petition parliament—namely, that the prin ciples taught at Maynooth, if carried out, would subvert their civil and religious liberties, especially that religious liberty founded on the. Scriptures, which they enjoyed as English men. There were differences of condition amongst men in their worldly pursuits, those of the greatest ability and energy necessarily holding the highest stations; but reli gious liberty taught them that they were sinful and all alike in the sight of God. If we possessed this liberty, all other liberties would follow in its train ; and other liberty was valueless without that which they derived from their Bibles. Ancient Greece was refined in literature and art, but not having this humanising and redeeming liberty, she had her slaves. Sparta, too, had her Helot. Even at the present day, if they crossed the Atlantic, America toohad her slaves ; and he rejoiced that England, protestant England, was the first, through the influence of religious liberty in the true sense of the word was the first to show an example by emancipating the slaves from bondage . If schools were so conducted that scriptural education formed a great part of the instruction to youth, they would belsubversive of all liberty both civil and religious. Let them remember that " example swayeth more than precept ;" and it was not enough that they should talk of the Bible ; they must show that they read, marked and resyected the truths contained in the sacred volume, without which all the noble qualities of the mind became corrupted. They should not only deeply study the scriptures themselves, but having imbued their minds with what they contained, lead others to entertain similar sentiments of the saving grace. He cordially moved the resolution. The Ite;.YHOMAS NOLAN, in seconding the resolution, said that as on the last occasion when he had spoke from that place, he had to congratulate them on having met in such numbers aga i n to we l come amongst them their worthy chairman. He concurred with that distinguished individual that they ought not to give up principle, or to relax in their exertions to attain the object in view, although there was certainly some points to discourage them. They were taught by that book on which their faith rested, that it was theirs steadfastly to perform their duties, and that the results were in the hands Of the Al m i g hty. O n this principle they were now banded together. The argument they bad heard was not so obviously a Scriptural one as at first sight it really was, and it might be said that it touched too strongly on po litics. But they must speak out, for the question was, was the church to be or not to be; whether, in fact, our noblest 'institutions were to be overthrown and supplanted by a re publican —a r evo l ut i onary f orm of government, and tbo ward of truth wrested f rom t h e i r b an d s, which would be the result of popish encroachment, and the ab rogat i on of the corn lave,trectnnoli /bight *rite One thing in Ireland, and suppress It here for his own purposes;--(hear, hear, hear)--and Lard Morpeth might . show a sympathy for the slave-holders of America, and give, when called on, a mufflad tone to the "liberty bill ;" but to this it would come if they did not bestir themselves. Protestants must maintain their vantage ground, and repel them. It was even mercy to themselves to check them in their career. The institute Maynooth, and every thing connected with it, they were especially called upon to deprecate. It was a summary fur carrying out all those principles, the re sults of which were found in the harrowing details from time to time in the columns of the Irish newspapers. With respect to the coin laws, their repeal would be fraught with destruction to the Irish population. We bad ,manu factures which they had not the advantage of—as they de pended almost solely on the soih Here the Irish agricul turist got a ready market and a good price for his pro duce, and the removal of the corn-laws would involve that country in utter ruin. The petition had already been passed by a very large meeting, who were unanimous in its adopt-ion, and as they all knew its contents, it was unnecessary again to read it. The recent change of go • vernment did not effect the principles upon which it was founded; and they were still in open hostility to Maynooth, whose priests had forsworn the Word of God. After a va riety of other remarks, he concluded oy seconding the mo tion. The motion was put and carried unanimously and enthu siastically. The Rev. F. PARRY moved the second resolution in an in teresting address ; but we have not space or time, on the eve of our publication, to report his arguments or furnish any details of the subsequent proceedings. The resolution was to the effect that the petition was such as ought to be signed by every Christian man. The Rev. Mr. FALLOON. seconded the motion, in a very animal ed address. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. The Rev. CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting in sup. port of protestantism, in a very animated address, which was received with great enthusiasm. Mr. JOHN SHEPPARD:i;Tindsome terms, then proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, for his zealous and eloquent support of the cause. This was seconded by Mr. H ARBORD, and carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN, in returning, thanks, referred t o t h e Protestants of Ireland, w h o were ever ready to suppOrt their blethren in England, and were in truth "noble fellows." The petition, which had previously obtained many signa tures, was then numerously signed by those present, and the meeting dispersed. SIR CHARLES WOLSELEY AND THE LEAGUERS TO THE EDITOR OF THE' MORNING CHRONICLE DEAR you, for a few minutes, take your mind's eye from off the promised (by the Corn-law League) £50,000, and attend to a few observations I may make, and answer certain questions that a matter-of-fact man has an inclination to put to you ? I will first premise that I have no confidence in the Anti- Corn-law Leaguers. They belong to a caste which, in a letter I addressed to the Agricultural Association of the year 183 G, I spoke of in the foll Owing terms, viz., " I observe the most strange discordance in your views, (naming the landed proprietors,) even now in the days of your noviciate, and long before the trying season,. when you will be front to front with the crafty enemy —namely, the moneyed, mercantile, and ma nufacturing interests. In their forces you will find no re semblance to your condition and conduct ; full of envy and rivalry, as they are one xith another, you will on the•day of trial be astonished at their adroitness." I have no confidenel,:lntienl,leCiiuse their language,When speaking of the landed gentry, is coarse and vulgar, branding them with tyranny, selfishness, and of being gorged with wealth torn from the Working-classes of their. couniry. Now, sir, I defy the whole league itself to point out one individual who has made a fortune out of his estate in land ; and, as to their wealth, I am convinced that, as a body, they are on the wrong side of the page! Would, there, however, be the same difficulty in showing up the riches and wealth of those of their own body? And let me ask from what source have they procured that wealth, unless it be from the sweat of the brow of the working manufacturers ? And is it not proved so by the conduct of their own men in the innumerable " strikes and turns-out" for these many years past ; and did not men prove it positively by their conduct in the late disturbances, in their attack's on the property of their own dear friends? And have I not seen a report of a whining speech of Mr. Cobden's on that very subject—aye ! asking why they did not go and destroy the property of the landlords, instead of at tacking that of their dear friends? I hae no confidence in them, because they either seem, or pretend not to know what they are about ; and at a meeting, the other day, at Birmingham, Mr. Muntz, M.P., told them very quaintly, " they had begun at the wrong end !" And this from a friend ! Now, sir, there are two certain printed letters, very well known; the one signed " Civis," addressed to Lord 'John Russell, the other to Sir Robert Peel, signed " Miles," both written by the same person, to get the poor league out of the dilemma of " having begun at the wrong end." It would be well were they to take a lesson from " Civis," although the consequence might be that they would know whether they stood on their heads or their heels ; but never mind that, " Civis" points out to them the right " end," and will prove to them that the doing away of the Corn-law is only as a drop in the sea towards the desired " end." And here let me ask those aspirants to the estates of the landlords, if the price of wheat at this moment is not as low, aye, lower than it was previous to the Bank Restriction Act of 1797, when out rushed the paper money, and which was before the great bulk of the national debt was contracted? And is the rent of land higher than in any other country, in proportion to the cost of living? And have not the manufacturers re ceived as much protection as we have—nay, have there not been prohibitions in their favour? And now, because the continental powers have begun to rival them in manufactures, is not all their appeals to the people about cheap food a cloak to ruin the agricultural interests, in the hope of saving them selves at the expense of the landlords? Once more before I finish let me recommend " Chris" and " Miles" ,to these gentlemen ; and, though an enemy to all monopolies or " corn lords," although I cannot attend to the trash I see emanate from the speakers on the anti-corn law side, I will not begin at the wrong end, and am, dear sir, yours sincerely, CHARLES WOLSELEY. Wolseley, Jan. 21. [The al;o've was addressed to the Editor of the Morning Chronicle, but not inserted.] CARTHAGENA AND NEW GRENADA: IMPORTANT IN FORMATION TO MERCHANTS.—WC have learned from good authority, that it is in contemplation to declare Carthagena, in New.Grenatia, a free port, for the importation of goods from all parts of the world. This measure will he discussed by the Congress, to meet on the lst of March next, having been already Representatives deb atedand last year ar e w when the Senate for wa n t ofen it passed the Hous e o f . time. Wp shall h a il thi s measure as an augur of f u t ure prosperity to our'youn g s i ster re public, in whose welfare we have always taken a d eep i nterest —New York Herald. JUDICIAL DECISIONS. —Considerable difference of opinion has lately existed amongst the mag istrates of Buckin g h am _ shire, as to the l ega lit y o f magistrates deciding upon case s , or summarily co nv i c ti ng at their pr i va t e res idences. In con sequence Sir Jame s G ra h am h as b een written to on the sub ject, and h e s t a t es i n reply, " that in an y district in w hi c h there is a re g ul ar and fixed place for holding the petty ses sions, to which the public have access, the most desirable course to adopt is that the cases which are to be brought be fore magistrates sho u ld b e t h ere h ea rd and adjudic a t e d, though, certainly, cases at the office of thei r c l er k . —O n Friday, in the Q ueen ' s it is not ill ega l f or the magistrates to hea r Bench, the Solicitor-General showed cause against a rule which had been obtained aga i nst two St a ffordshire ma g i s t ra t es for a criminal information, for refusing to accept the name s of two persons who had been tendered as bail for a Chartist rioter, named O'Neill, who had been very active during the late riots in Staffordshire. The court took time to consider the case. THE LEAGUE REGISTRATION.—The " registration sys tem" of the League has received a capital expose in the Derby Mercury of this week. " Men, wo men, and children," says the editor of th a t excellent paper, "are registered in a re markably wholeshle manner; and that whether they are wil ling to appear in the character of National Anti-Corn Law Leaguers or not." And he gives one instance as a sample of many in Derby, with which we will close this article. "We have a registration card before us," he writes, " of which (we suppress the name, though we will show it any one who may please to see it) the following is a copy NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. " is a Registered Member. " Juseph Hickin, Secretary. " No. 2,342, Registered by Thomas Madeley." Now will it be believed that the individual here named is a child scarcely seven years of age, an orphan, and under the guardianship of a near relative, who himself is a staunch Conservative, and a despiser of the League and all their cun ning and disreputable proceedings? and yet we declare that such is the literal truth. We ask any man what will be the value of the League's demonstration in Parliament, so far as the number of their alleged supporters is concerned, got up by means so thoroughly baseas these ?"—Halifax Guardian. TESTIMONIAL TO J. E. TINNENT, Esc,., M.P.—On Fri day last, upwards of seventy gentlemen sat down to dinner at the Albion Hotel, Manchester, for the purpose of pre senting to J. E. Tenuent, E sq ., m.p., a service of plate for his zealous advocacy of the act passed to obtain protection for copyrights in designs. The plate consists of upwards of a hundred pieces, weighi ng more t h an three thousand ounces, all of silver, and, when arranged in order, would completely cover a large dining table. The largest piece of plate is a splendid centre-piece, about three feet in height, and costing, we believe, about £5OO, manufactured by Messrs. Garrard, Brothers, of the Haymarket, London, from a design by that eminent artist, Mr. Cottrell. It represents a scene in the desert, the story of the Turkish merchant endeavouring to purchase of a poor Arab his favourite brood mare and foal. In the centre of an oasis rises a large banana tree, with its broad spreading leaves, beautifully represented in frosted silver ; beneath its shade, upon his carpet, is seated the Arab, smoking his long pipe, and the mare and foal are standing near. The merchant holds in his hand a Well-tilled purse; a handsome Turkish gun rests against the stein of the tree,- a scymetar and a large roll or piece of fine cloth lie on the ground, as if to tempt the Arab's love of weapons and finery ; a large chest behind the merchant also contains a quantity of cloth tendered in barter for the " Arab steeds; " but all in vain ; for their poor owner rejects the glittering prizes with a resolute mien, and with his hand motions the merchant to take away his treasures; valueless, when offered in barter for his priceless mare. The costumes, grouping, and elegance of the whole design, with the spirit with which it tells the story, attract the eye at once to this splendid centre-piece. It is placed on a decagonal base of ebony, on one side of which (in front of the design) is placed a silver shield, on which is engraved the following inscription; this being the only piece of plate bearing one :—" This service of plate was pre sen ted to James Emerson Tennent , &c. at to hi &c., member of par li a ment for Belfast, as a testimonial s disinterested, zealous, and successfu l advocac y in par liament, of copy h right of desig n, in all branches of art and manufactures. b 2 y 7 27th Mr. January,Beni. Smith, l3 of " Duke street, the exception of this centre piece, the whole of both services of plate le has been furnishedn c, este r street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. The dinner service consists of two candelabra , two soup-tureens, four sauce tureens, eight salts ; four side dishes, wi th covers and warm ers ; one veniso n di s h, with cove r and heater to correspond ; a one 21-inch fish-dish ; two 17-inch flank dishes ;36 table plates, and 18 soup-plates. The breakfast service includes a silver tea-kettle and stand ; coffee-jug, teapot, ewer,_ and breakfast dishes and covers. A sho rt time ago, a number of gentlemen in Ireland presented to Mr. Tennent two large and splendid ice-vases of silver, which were a l so f urn i shed by Mr. Smith ; and Mr. Tennent s wishes having been con sulted as to the style and patterns of these services, he ex pressed a desire that they should all be made to correspond with these two vases, the form__ and pattern o f w hi c h h a d been copied from the celebr ated Warwick vase. In accord ance with this wish, all the tureens_ and sa l ts have been made of the form and pattern of th e Warwick vase, whi c h is so well known as to render further description in this respect unne cessary. The candelabra are very elegant, about 3() inches in height, each having a centre candlestick and five branches. The stem springs from some vine leaves ; the base is a tripod upon which three sportive boys are r epresented, in frosted silver, gathering clusters of grapes ; and around the stem of the candelabrum is twined a fruitful bra nc h of the vine, with its graceful tendrils. Upon the cover s of the larger.., dishes and tureens is beautifully emb o ssed Mr. Tennent 's coat of arms, with the family motto on the scroll, " Deus protector nosier." His crest—a demi - lion. rampant nassant, bearing in his fore paws a battle-as e—forins the handle of each cover, and is beautifully executed in frosted silver. The whole ser vice is richly chased. w ith a border of reeds bound with a fillet, and here and there a cluster of grapes, with vine leaves. CLAIM AGAINST Tilt ()WAR dry TIIE JESSIE LOGAN. On Saturday certain of the crew of the Jessie Logan, which vessel was recently abandoned in a sinking state, and after wards went to pieces on the rocks near Boscastle, appeared before Mr. Rushton, at the Police-office, to prefer a claim for wages against Mr. James Logan, the owner of that vessel. Mr:Davenport, solicitor, appeared on behalf of - Col lins, one of the crew, the adjudication on whose claim, it was understood, would settle all the others ; and Mr. James, bar rister, attended on behalf of Mr. Logan. • Mr. Ellis read the terms of the articles, which showed that the crew had engaged to proceed from Liverpbol to Calcutta, or any other port of discharge in India, and on a trading voy age, not to exceed two years, to China, and back to a port of discharge in England. Collins resumed his testimony. They arrk ed at Calcutta, aftei a passage of 112 days, and discharged their cargo. They took in a general cargo, and sailed on the 4th September on the homeward voyage. They put into St. Helena, where they delivered part of their cargo ; namely, 150 bags of rice, 24 bags of paddy, 82 boxes of cigars, some tobacco, shoes, and hats. Money c ame on b oar d for these goods, and was saved when they abandoned the vessel. The rice was cargo, but the paddy and other articles belonged to the master, and was on freight. They lay off St. Helena three days, and did not put in any where else. When the vessel was sinking, with twelve feet water in the hold, the Lynx schooner came to their assistance, and the crew abandoned the Jessie Logan, under the command of the master. lie (witness) lost all. The money at St. Helena was taken on board in bags. The master took it away in a box. There was about £l5O. A chronometer and barometer, with several cases of ivory or naments, and a pair of epaulets, were also taken from the sinking ship. The sum of £l4 Bs. was due to witness when he left the vessel. . By Mr. james.—A man went ashore sick at St. Helena. Three men were shipped there. Witness did not know that it was money that was brought on board at St. Helena, save from its outward appearance. Had received Lb 153. advance, besides stores. The vessel left St. Helena on the 29th No vember, and was abandoned on the 15th instant. Richard Cowburn, second mate of the Jessie Logan, con firmed much of the evidence of the last witness. They de livered 150 bags of rice, part of the cargo, at St Helena. The master said he sold it at St. Helena, because he could get twice as much for it there as at Liverpool. The log-book was lost. [The Captain.—lt was washed overboard.] When the vessel was abandoned, the captain took from her a box of money, some cases of ivory ornaments, a barometer, a chro nometer. and some other goods. The box of money was given into his (the mate's) charge, and was taken on board the schooner, which landed them at the Cove of Cork. By Mr. James.—The rice was consigned to Liverpool. The paddy, hats, shoes,' and cigars were the captain's, who took them to sell at St. Helena on his own account. He (the captain) said he sold the rice there because he got more for it than he could get at Liverpool, and he would have sold more rice, but he did not know that Mr. Logan would be pleased with him. Did not know that the captain sold it to pay the man who went ashore at St. Helena. There were two bags of money. They were placed in the cabin. The one felt like dollars, the other like shillings or sovereigns. When the captain gave me charge of the box, he said, " Be sure and don't forget that box of money." I believe the vessel was insured. Mr. James said he did not know to what period the man claimed. Mr. Rushton : He claims up to the period of the loss. Mr. James : I cannot conceive upon what ground. Mr. Rushton : on the ground that goods saved were the property of the owners, on which the mariner has a lien. Mr. James.—The law on that subject is involved in some doubt. Mr. Rushton read the law as laid down in Abbott, which was, that the claim of the seaman on goods saved ought not to be as salvage, but for wages, as a seaman had a right to cling to the last plank of a ship for his wages. Considering the risk that he ran of losing his all, without the opportunity of insurance, it was surely a ►noderate compensation that he should be entitled to property saved in satisfaction for his wages. The question here was, Mr. Rushton said, had the ,vessel earned anything since she sailed from Calcutta ? Mr. James.—The goods were consigned to Liverpool. Part of those sold were the captain's own property. The rice was sold to raise money to meet existing exigences. Mr. Rushton.—That may be heard in explanation. If the rice was sold by the captain with authority, as merchandise, the vessel earned money ; if for the necessities of the ship, it is another matter. But, then, there is the box of money saved, and every thing saved must be appropriated to the payment of the seamen, for it is to be borne in mind, that the great object of the maritime law is to induce seamen to cling to the vessel. Mr. John Major, late master of the Jessie Logan, was cal led by Mr. James. He said the rice, of which they had 500 tons on board, was shipped and consigned for Liverpool. Some of the men were ill with scurvy on the homeward voyage. At St. Helena he discharged one of the crew sick, and others wished to go. He took three fresh hands on board. He sold 150 bags of rice to pay the man whom he discharged, and to enable him to wake advances to the three men, to pay the doctor's bill and other charges. He sold more than was necessary for his immediate purposes, because he expected to have more men to discharge, and he: wished to place himself in funds. He had no other reason whatever for selling the rice. A box of money was saved from the vessel when she was abandoned. It was the overplus of the rice, amounting to about £9O. The chronometer saved was his own property, the batometer belonged to the ship, and was stolen out of the schooner at Cork. By Mr. Rushton : I have not opened the box, as I do not know whose property it is. It may belong to the under writers. About £35 of it is my own, being the proceeds of the paddy. The hats and shoes saved are my own. They are at the Custom-house at Cork. Mr. Rushton said the balance saved belonging to the ship appeared to be £55, which must go to the men. Mr. James: It must only be an apportionment. Mr. Rushton : It must be on this principle :—The men are entitled to their full wages up to the 29th of July, when they arrived at Calcutta. They are then entitled to a divi sion of the £55. the balance of the proceeds of the rice, in proportion to their wages. After some further conversation, from which it appeared to be Mr. Rushton's opinion that the stores delivered on the homeward voyage should be set off against the amount falling to each under the apportionment, it was understood that the men would be paid on the principle above laid down, Mr. James remarking that Mr. Logan had no desire to act other wise than with liberality, though he had allowed the case to be brought into court, in order,that he might avoid commit ting any error. CASE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. On Friday last, at the Police-court, ri man, named John Whalley, having the appearance of a countryman, was charged with attempting to cut the throat of a man, named Watkins, a lodger in the house of one Rowe, in Greetham-street. It appeared from complainant's statement, that on Thursday night he retired to rest as usual, and nothing occurred to dis turb him till about a quarter past one o'clock, when he was awoke by a sort of scratching sensation about his neck. On jumping up to ascertain the cause of this strange visitation, he discovered the prisoner (Whalley) with a knife in his hand, which he brandished about, and with which he threatened to cut the complainant's throat. Prisoner also said he would have his life, and made a thrust at him with the weapon, and his lip was cut by it in the scuffle. He immediately ran down stairs, :in a state of nudity, the prisoner following after him with the knife in his hand, and attempting to stab him. He warded off the blows aimed at him with a stick which he picked up, and thus saved himself from Whalley's deadly pur pose until he met with a policeman, when the prisoner was taken into custody. The officer corroberated the latter part of the story. The prisoner, on being asked what be had to say in his defence, said that he found the complainant in bed with his wife, and, in the heat of his passion, he had acted in the way stated. Evidence was called which disproved the charge made by the prisoner as to his wife's infidelity, the landlady of the house and a girl related to the prisoner's wife deposed that nothing of the sort took place. The prisoner was not drunk, but had had liquor. Some material evidence, not then present, being deemed necessary, Mr. Rushton in timated his intention of adjourning the case till Saturday, when he would give it a thorough sitting. The prisoner was accordingly remanded. Mr. Wardle stated, in court, that the prisoner's wife was a most respectable woman, having been well brought up, and connected with a clergyman of the highest respectability in the south of England. She had, un fortunately, married the prisoner, who had since led a most abandoned life, and persecuted her in every imaginable way. The prisoner had squandered away a handsome property since the lady became his wife, sold everything he could lay his hands upon, and had had repeated assistance from his wife's friends until he had completely tired them out, and they would do no more for him or her. On Saturday last the prisoner was again placed at the bar. A Mr. Shaw was called, who stated that he lived in the same house as Watkins, and remembered him coming home about half-past one o'clock on the morning in question. Shaw did not know how he got in, but he opened the door of the room in which he (witness) slept, and, stepping in, said, " It's me, Shaw ; hush, hush! Shaw "struck a light, and gave it to him. A female inmate of the house stated that the prisoner's wife slept with Mrs. Rogers. Mr. Rogers deposed that she did not hear the prisoner enter the house. The first thing she saw was the prisoner with his hand on Watkin's throat. The prisoner's wife went to bed with her. She was out of bed, and had told her (witness) that she went down stairs from necessity, having taken medicine ; that, as she was re turning, she saw a glimmering of light, and, believing it to her husband, she hastened up stairs, and got on the bed, where witness found her when she awoke. Police-office! 120 recapitulated his former evidence. The prisoner said, if the knife had heen sufficiently sharp, he would have cut both their throats (alluding to his wife and Watkins), and if he had had a gun lie would have shot them, for he found them in bed together. Police-officer 292 stated, that, while Wat kins was dressing himself, the prisoner ran at him again, saying, he would kill him. He (the officer) asked him why he would do so. The wife was then down stairs. lie (the officer) went to her and said, " Your husband lays all the blame upon Non—what is the meaning of this?" She hung down tier head, and, upon his intimating to tier more plainly the nature of her busband'4 accusation, a gentleman, who had been attracted to the spot, said he was sure she was guilty from her manner. She said, " No, I was not in the bed, I was only sitting on it." Mr. Rushton again questioned Mrs. Rogers, who deposed that the prisoner had behaved very ill to his wife.• She (Mrs. Rogers) knew that the wife had taken salts on the preceding night. Mr. Wardle said if this oc currence had not taken place, he must ha ve a ppli e d, on Fri day, for a warrant against the pris oner f or a b use o f his w;fe. Mrs. Rogers continued her state men t, say i ng , t h at t h e language of the prisoner to his wife w as usua ll y o f t h e most gross and abusive description. Mrs. Roger s re p ea t e d some of the prisoner's expressions, which were excessively dis gusting. .The case 'ley as adjourned ab ou t an hour, at the end of which time the girl above all u d e d t o was produced. Her evidence was not, however, taken. Mr. Rushton said he should remand the prisoner till Monday. Yesterday the prisoner was again brought up and committed to the assizes for trial. APPOINTMENT OF A POOR-LAW COMMISSION FOR SCOT LAND.—The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be forthwith made and passed under the Seal appointed by the Trenty of Union to be kept and made use of in place of the Great Seal of Scotland, appointing Robert Viscount Mel ville, K.T., Robert Montgomerie Lord Belhaven, Henry Home Drummond, Esq., James Campbell, of Craigie, Esq., Edward Twisleton, Esq., the Reverend Dr. Patrick Macfar lan, Minister of Greenock, and the Rev. James Robertson, Minister of Ellon, in the county of Aberdeen, her Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring into the practical operation of the Poor-laws in Scotland. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint William Smith, Esq., advocate, to be Secretary to the said Commission.—Friday's Gazette. INSANITY AS A PLEA. FOR CRIMINALS.—The Times has opportunely republished Lord Mansfield's remarks on insanity as a plea for criminals, in the case of Bellingham, who shot Mr. Perceval. The following is the material pas sage :—" If a man was deprived of all powers of reasoning, so as not to be able to distinguish whether it was right or wrong to commit the most wicked or the most innocent transaction, lie could not certainly commit an act against the law. Such a man, so destitute of all power of judgment, could have no intention at all. In order to support this de fence, however, it ought to be proved by the most distinct and unquestionable evidence that the criminal was incapable of judging between right and wrong. It must, in fact, be proved beyond all doubt, that at the time he committed the atrocious act with which be stood charged, lie did not con sider murder was a crime against the laws of God and Nature. There was no other proof of insanity which could excuse mur der or any other crime." PEACg efillA SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENT OF OUR TRADE AND INTER COURSE WITH THAT COUNTRY, WITH INDIA, AND WITH OUR SOUTH SEA COLONIES, BY STEAM -SHIP COMMUNI CATION VIA THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. our publication of the 20th instant we noticed, in the favourable terms that then suggested tl.emselves, aa able article in the Colonial Jl-, )ject, from the pen of Mr. Rout this town, and now of Allonby, a gentleman in whom is united the experience of the merchant with that of the sailor, and whose knowledge of the East, as well as of our South Sea dependencies—rapidly rising in national importance— entitles his opinions to the deepest consideration, not only of that portion of our community who carry their enterprise, for the general weal, to the remotest quarters of the globe, but of her Majesty's government, who by well-directed nice sures, and, if need be, pecuniary aid, may enable private companies or individuals to extend the field of our profitable traffic—the best and surest mode of submerging those politi cal discontents, and mutual recriminations. of party, that affect our yet especially favoured and indomitable_country. A second perusal of the article has induced us to recur to the facts adduced by our author, and more particularly to his new, bold, and (we think) practical proposition for the ex tension of our intercottrse with the Chinese empire and our South Sea colonies, and the cementing of the friendly rela tions already arrived at with the former—by the establish ment of a regular line of steam-ships between them and England, via the Cape of Good ilope. We may recapitulate that he introduces his subject by some congratulatory remarks on the achievement of an ho nourable peace with China, and pays a high and merited compliment to the British forces employed in that perilous, and, for some time, doubtful service, for the skill, courage, and perseverance which they displayed throughout. He also compliments the home authorities for their judicious arrangements for (if we may so term it) the opening of the campaign last year; and after stating that the Yang tse, the largest river in Asia, has been successfully explored and traversed by a victorious British fleet, from the sea to where it is crossed by the Grand Canal, above Nankin—a distance of 250 miles from its mouth—thus giving us the key of the canal navigation, and also noting our new possessions in that country, he thui concludeS this part of his subject : " Our success in China will exercise a most beneficial in fluence in our favour in the Cochin China, Siam, Birmab, and the Malayan States, for they have ull hitherto been strongly impressed with the idea that, however we might be able to deal as suited our purpose with themselves, or Ilin dostan, China was more than a match for us." Under the head of our " Prospects of an improved trade with China," our author urges " every possible honest effort within our reach, to extend the trade profitably and honour ably, and to endeavour to cement friendship with China," and through proper fiscal and other regulations for the pro motion of "trade, the protection of life and property, and the redress of grievances at the ports newly opened, and the establishment of a mutually beneficial understanding on all essential points between us and the Chinese, before our forces move one foot homeward, he anticipates the greatest advantages: " Then," (he exclaims) " from the great resources and wealth of China; from the persevering industry of her 360 million inhabitants, and from the fixed and resolute national trading propensities. and the ceaseless commercial enterprise of the plodding Chinese part of the population, (above ninety nine parts of one hundred of the whole,) it is not too much to anticipate confidently, that the result of the China war will be to the effect of affording more relief to the industry and enterprise of our overflowing population, and of infusing more new life, in motive for active commercial (and no doubt profitable) operations, than any other one measure w h atever, and prove in the result highly beneficial to both countries." Mr. Wise considers that the four additional ports opened to us by war for trade in China, are adm'irably selected in point of position, for the extension of our commerce with the most populous and wealthy parts of that Empire. Shanghai is especially so, from its being the sea-port of the capital— Nankin, and also the Yang-tse river, which passes through the richest and most populous part of China. His only ap prehension is, that the Mandarins and Hong merchants may thwart the terms of the treaty of peace. On the other hand, should the Tartar government show good faith, and remove all restrictions on trade, he anticipates an immense extension of our China trade in goods and merchandise, particularly suited to the wants of the Chinese. He appears to have at tained a knowledge of their requirements, and points out the various articles of manufacture, &c., in most extensive de mand, and for which we can at all times obtain teas and silks. He winds up this section of his observations with the follow ing passage : " Some of the South American States, which possess little or nothing else but gold and silver for foreign trade, have for a great number of years taken largely of our merchandise annually, and paid us mainly in the precious metals; China has gold, silver, copper, and other ore mines in abundance, her population is certainly both the largest and the most in dustrious on the face of the earth, she therefore possesses all the requisites for obtaining the needful to pay us for our merchandise to a very large amount annually; doubtless the industrious millions of China, can do as much in proportion to their numbers, in this respect, as the indolent thousands in some of the South American States, have done for a series of years past." We now come to the grand proposition of our author, namely, the establishment of a line of steam-ships between England and China, and England and Australia, via Saldanha Bay, Cape of Good Elope. On this important point we must permit the author, who has drawn up his calculations with the accuracy of a skilful navigator, to speak to some extent for himself. He says— " From the Lizard Point, in the English Channel, to Sal danha Bay, Cape of Good Hope, is 5650 miles by the shortest route that can he taken, viz., direct from the English Chan nel to the west coast of Africa, rounding Cape Blanche and Cape Verd, Africa, as near as is prudent; thence close past our own colony on the river Gambia; and thence again di rect onward to Saldanha Bay. Cape of Good Elope, which voyage can be made in twenty-six days, at the average rate of speed at which the Atlantic Ocean steamers perform at present—say about nine miles per hour—and if steamers can be made to navigate faster, the length and expense of the voyage will, of course, be shortened in proportion. " From Saldanha Bay, Cape of Good Hope, to the British settlement of Hong-kong, China, is 7010 miles, by the near est route that can be taken, viz., direct from the Cape of Good Hope to Acheen Head, Sumatra; thence through the straits of Malacca to the British colony of Singapore ; and thence again up the China Sea to Hongkong, which voyage may be performed in thirty-two, say thirty-two days, at the average rate of speed at which the Atlantic Ocean steamers make their voyages between England and America at present. " Hence the steam-voyage between England and China, via Saldanha Bay, Cape of Good Hope, can be performed in sixty days, allowing two days to take in coal, at the average rate of speed performing at present, all the year round, in the stormy Atlantic Ocean : it is therefore only reasonable to expect that a very considerable higher rate of speed will be obtained on the comparatively yr.:Ex-FINE-weather voy age from England to China, via the Cape of Good Hope." He recommends, as the first place of call for coals on the outward voyage, the new position near the mouth of the river Gambia, in Africa, recommended by the Parliamentary com mittee last session to be colonized by the West India Afri cans, and considers that a few hours stay at such a point would not subject to nearly so much risk of health as an overland trip through Egypt. The Island of Ascension, which is healthy, and nearly midway between the west coast of Africa and Brazil; would, he thinks, form a convenient sta tion for our African squadron employed in the suppression of the slave trade, and in the protection of our mercantile ma rine trading round the Cape of Good Hope, and round Cape Horn ; but, as touching these would lengthen the voyage to the former by about a day's run, he prefers making the run direct from Gambia to Saldanha Bay, of which, as well as of the other suggested stations, he gives the following interesting particulars : "Saldanha Bay, Cape of Good Hope, is a spacious, safe, deep-water, land-locked harbour, has few equals in any part of the world, and no equal in Africa, south of the line ; in it any number of ships, of the largest size, may lie anchored, secure from all winds, at all and every season of the year ; and, for a coal depot, it cannot be surpassed, if equalled : fresh water (its supposed want formerly, and which has been the cause of its neglect) bas been lately found to be (all the year round) both plentiful and pure on Schapen Island, (in the bay,) and also at the residency ; supplies of poultry, cattle, sheep, vegetables, fruit, wine, &c., are plentiful and cheap ; the soil in th e ne i g hb our h ood is fertile, and the cli mate is both most delightful and most healthy ; no delay need be occasioned here beyond a few hours to take in coals, &c.; this safe and beautiful harbour, in fact, lies in a different cli mate altogether from Table Bay itself, although only about a degree distant from it, northward, as every observant naviga tor will have noticed, on his passage home from India, by the sudden change from unsettled to fine weather, after rounding the Cape of Good Hope. Saldanha Bay is capable of being made as valuable and vulnerable a naval station and rendez volts as Trincumale has been made, and it is as much superior to either Table Bay, or Ealse Bay, Cape of Good Hope, as Trincomale harbour is to Madras roads. When our immense trade east of the Cape of Good Hope is considered, and when the protection required for the great number of our merchant ships that lass round the Cape yearly is also taken into the account, it is to be hoped that the attention of our Govern ment may, at an early period, be seriously drawn to this va luable position, situated in a most fertile part, of the Cape of Good Hope colony, than which none is capable of producing greater wealth, nor of returning greater benefits to the mo— ther-country, for any outlay or attention which she may bestow upon it. Port Louis, Isle of France, and Singapore, Malacca Straits, these two good and safe British harbours are both well known to possess all the requisites as depots for coal, and also for affording every facility in giving quick despatch to the passing steamers. Both these healthy and delightful British har bours lie in the direct route from the Cape of Good Hope to China, rendering it unnecessary to deviate from a direct course either out or home. Good water, poultry, vegetables, and every other article of refreshment, may be obtained at both harbours. " Point de Galle harbour, Ceylon, though affording suffi cient room and depth of water for a moderate number of vessels in safety at once, is not the most desirable anchorage at all times for sailing ships, on account of sundry detached small rocks scattered over its surface, and on account of a swell which tumbles into the harbour with a high south-west wind, but it nevertheless possesses all the necessary capabili ties for being made into a safe and excellent coal-station for steamers, which class of vessels in these latitudes can always choose their anchorage, and thread their way in and out. Calling at Galle would lengthen the passage from England to China 236 miles, or about one day's run by steamer." Our author supplies tables of the courses and distances between the proposed stations on the respective steam voy ages out from England to China, and from England to Aus tralia, viii the Cape of Good Hope, which will be perused with much interest by nautical men. These he follows up by the following table and remarks : " Comparisons respecting Steam Routes to Ceylon (Point de Galle Harbour.) By steam from Falmouth, by Mediterranean, overland journey through Egypt, and by steam down Red Sea and Indian 0, Galle, Ceylon By steam from English Channel to ( by Cape Good Hope, caning f or c , „ Gambi Isle France Ascen;io Y a,TS;l . Leaves in favour of passage tun' Falmou Comparisons r , ectin4 Mediterraile Egypt, ',lid by Indian Ocean Ceylon, and tb _ 33 again By steam from En,..... River Cape Good I coals at Cambia a France . Leaves in favour of route by ( Elope ......... By steam from England to Swan Itiv France, Egypt, and Ceylon By steam from England !o Swan Cape and Isle France . Leaves the passage equal, or k day Egypt route By steamers from England to Swat by Falmouth, Mediterranean, Egy Ceylon By steamers from En„land to Cape Good Hope, Isle F'rar (say by India) Leaves in favour of the Red passage and via France passages; appear doubt, from the Falmouth steam ( month, and the French post-letti off on the 4th of each month, hi case, the difference should only h, of 6 days. " From the foregoing Tables it will possesses within her own valuable am full and complete unbroken chain of tl all admirably situated at convenient other, for the purpose of coal depots at the whole direct hne of steam route I: China via Cape of Good (lope, as we and Australia via Cape of Good Hope, otherwise. _ " That by means of a grand direct route between England and China ria the most extensively valuable and las sonably be expected to accrue to bo to England,) by bringing the nearer and closer contact wit► commercial advantages of suet fully apparent in every c. established between t After pointing out some of the gr accrue from the establishment China, he adds:— " It will open up (without m money or loss of time on the voy communication with of straits of Malacca, Singapore,) with the productiti and with our valuable possessions colony, and by sacrificing one day Galle, Ceylon, can be touched at, r line of steam communication can expense) between all parts of 1• are already plying betwee► Ceylon and Calcutta vialludra., He expresses a hope, that show Malay, I Ceylo take the initiative in the prc portion of the expense, for di, will, in such case, see it such an effort—' •" an effort to for the benefit of every British course and trade with one- bird of t —a mighty effort worthy of being n by Great Britain By the proposed line of corn= should, as our author obs 'es, avoi any other nation for the trans' sengers save el 't fatigue of over the inconvenience of c shipment of luggage or goods. lie m advantage, and that is, that the Europe, be subjected to the anna tion, which is no minor consk Mr. Wise, in the course of his re his opinion that the proposed undertakii of large•steam-ships to and from the eau stated) cannot fail to yield a handsom period, for the capital embarked in it. cur with him on this point; but past steam navigation, even under cireutnstar. able for its prosecution by private c aid, too, of large government grants fro mails—lead us to entertain a less sanguil project, at least u priori. The expense o lips on long voyages— the cost and fuel, of manning, repairing, &c. is kt more particularly as from the bulk of they have but little stowage room fc help up the credit side of the account,: such as silks, indigo, and the like, or We are not without hopes, however, tha the propelling power, or the mode of appl sequent large saving of fuel, may hi thi invention, be ere long developed,, so as tc culation immediately profitable to the And, even as it is, we consider Mr. Nt repeat) worthy of the utmost c ment and of the mercantile community tional point of view. We must not luo in the first instance, from the freights made by the ships, but rather to the in prosperity and national safety, which the proximate intercourse through them with fic regions of India, China, and South assuredly realize. This is an object wa and blameless ambition of a great con! government itself should have the hearty nation in making to achieve it, a c sacrifice—beyond the means of doubt not, would liberally join in the e " throw the bread upon the waters, bt many days." THE BRITISH AND IRISH STEAM-PACKET I The annual general meeting of the proprietors pany was held on Wednesday, at the office, 9, when the directors' report was read, and a stat counts submitted. A dividend of 6 per cent. pc declared as usual, and a surplus added to '' The company's vessels continue to be in tors going out of office by rotation, we elected, and three auditors having been e broke up SUNDAY .e unar THE COTIRT.—WINDSOR Peel left, town yesterday, immediatell of the examination of the assassin N street, for Windsor, proceeding to Sit Western Railway, and arrived at the C before three o'clock. The right hon. bar diate audience of her Majesty, and rem for upwards of an hour. The Queen w day, for the first time, that the murderer had admitted that he had imagined it v whom he had shot, and not the unforttu had fallen a victim to the murderous attt Her Majesty, upon this circumstanc e h is said to have evinced the most gratifyit providential escape of the right hon. h ai feelings of the deepest pain and regret fate of Mr. Drummond. Sir Robert Peel from the Castle for Slough shortly after returned to town by the railway. etric four o'c FREE - re —This vast building is now u ear i vie e d THE MANCHESTER edthe ceili ceiling F it i sEtE to - ~ co T m H plet which will greatly add to the drynessl The committee have decided at and i a ga ll along both sides and one end of the hall to project about nine feet, and tin, six inches. The side galleries ' ekd cy end one three seats, in depth. ' Thewill ha prices of tickets to the grand ba ci c as the banquet is toextend ri -11' over have resolved on entertaining they have built this prodir thirty-five in the interior. ' the roof_; and that there may 6 enormous quantity of 't l 3- stores street: are to be roofed in and atter), waiters, 150 men are being as store room, Potteries, 10,000 mg drilled for t 1 plat made for the dinner • es and 3,000 etd the same 12,000 and dessert. Sheen spoons _ s and knives • Lancash ire - s , and 8i 4,000 wine glasseg r, 401- making the gl first day there will h 0 salts, and the mt 200 dishes of ham e put on 400 tables '' sandwiches, 200 , 200 dishes of vea cabin biscuits, , dishes of sausages, 4 001 .100 . . , canister,) 200 dishes canisters of wine 2,400 Bath buns, 200 Of skmge and set grapes, 2,400 dishes of almonds oral. wine as it may he )ges ' 2,400 ap p les, 20€ mission a re to be ordered by the guests. On the second s. Gd. for gentlemen, day, all the provisions vs one half. I t i are to be fors i:ot yet ascertained why theak third and fourth d a y admissio n are c an overplus for ulatcd so as to pay all the league fund.-214 - atte CRIMINAL Scuoot.— ASSAULTS oy THE TEAC At the Dungannon quarter cases were of very little importance cution of The Queen a • H National School near Dungannon. against t, dieted ' m two numbers for assaults on t which excited a good deal of interest, a court from ten o'clock on Friday morning in the evening. The jury having returned a without leaving the box, the learned barr. Nunn, Esq., before pronouncing sentence, aske, if he was a married man? Ile replied that he w, worship then addressed the prisoner to the folio, —Hugh Lonny, you have been convicted, aft, patient, lengthened, and scrutinising investigation, k with the most zealous perseverance, and detended w zeal and talent, of an assault upon females of tench aggravated by the circumstance of their having bee under your charge for the purpose of education. c.unastances that have been brought out in evidence Is, of a most revoltintr and debasing n ature - It is r that a person entrusted with the educations of y out ; not to be more circumspect in their conduct tlLin.ni p other situatious , and , 1 am sorr y to say. that \that I peared in evidence does not tend to raise the chars the national institution under which you hold your tion. Why should an unmarried man be placed os female department of the schcol ?! Why should n, education be entrusted to a fecnNlp ? I trust the circ ces that have apppeared before us this day will those who have the management of this national anent to take such w4-asures as will give a ferns tendent for the female department of those sc defence you ha pve Set u " tat it was a consp; against you," tends to aggra h vate your offence thereby attempted to show that the childrc committed to your care have come forward to an d deliberate perjury. In that defenc e , Co. however altogether failed. The sentence of the court is, Hugh Lunny, be imprisolled for two years i n ti l Omagh. Rows of 01 tender v ou have