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THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. - -----, Last Night bat Three of Mr. W. FA R R EN, of the Theatres '•, '" royal Dr: Covent-garden - &c. TH IS Present - 1111: DAY, the 12th• inst., toil'l be performed • • tbe favourite Cganedy of the SC tit)OL, FOR. SCANDAL. • . • Sir Peter Teazle .... Mr. W. Farren. JosiTh ••'.i.irfare . Charles Surface- • • Mr. Howard. • Crabtree Mr Baker. • • Sir Benjwnin Bicvkiiite lle. W. EL Bland., Lady Teazle ' Miss Faucit. ,• : • • Sirs. Candour Mrs. Clarke. Lady Sneerwell , • • - Mrs. Baker.• Maria hiss Cleaver. T i conclude with., for tae first t:ine here, a new farce, written by Sir Charles Dance, Esq., and perrornied with the greatest success at the Olympic Theatre, called THE BENUAL TIGER. Sir Paul Pagoda • - Mr W. Farren I as orig,irally performed by him in London.) Edward Henderion Mr. W. Howard.. Arthur Ooslow . Mr. \V. H. Bland. • David • Mr. Baker. Mies Yellowleal..Mts. Clarke i Charlotte... • • Miss Faucit. TO-MORRO W, (Weatnes.day,) will be r epeated the favourite - comedy of the CLANDESTINE MA'. ill AGE, with theim pillar drama of PAST AND • PRESENT, in which Mr. W. Farren - will appear in his celebrated characters of Lord Ogleby and Larose. fOSTPONEMTINT OF THE SECOND GALA TILL • THI9 EVENING. (TUESDAY.) THE 12TH, - • IVEATHEI: --- ZOOLOGICAL , GA RDI:NS. THE SECOND E GALA Ilf the SL will commence w ith THE GitAN 1) ERUPTION 4,17 NI 0 UNT VESUVIUS, - The V Til IS EVENING. JUNE I 2TH, . 01etuac Firing will be under tiv; Superintendence of that ab`e A r tier D . Ernst. ADMITTANCE. ONE SHILLING. • _ kP. 12 18 ‘‘i TO coaKEspoNDLNTS. A Bachelor" will keep. + `A Fishing Excursion to Wales" is in type, but owing to a . press of advertisements it is unavoidably deferred .until Fri . d a y . • Our reviews in the next publication. We have received most of the periodicals at a very late period this month. " W ickats."—We shall at all times be most happy to wive an account of the runs at cricket matches if furnished to us in time. . TOXTETH oAok.—The letter of Hector Timid" in our next, puBL[C. At the suggestion of several of our friends, we have been induced to POSTPONE TEE ENLARGEMENT PP TUE LLVERpotIL STAND A7D until the 3d of July, in order that we may-not break in upon the half yearly files of our subscribers, and that the new series may commence with the first number in the second half -year. rbr v.iberpocl g-tanbarb. TUESDArAIOIINING, JUNE 12,1838. g:". The Publication of the STAN DA e n commenced this morn- log, at 5 ()'(•10,4; MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL:M h r: usual monthly - meeting of the . COuncil was. held on Wednesday last. Aniongsta ya - rietv of subjects Which engaged the atten tion of this august body, that relative to the approaching coronation possessed the most interest, and led to a :iery protracted discussion. Our readers mar not be in possession of the fact, : that' for a considerable time past the- most active preparations have been in progress for giving 'due- eclat to this i•m, portant event. At a, private meeting of the "select few" . who direct the proceedings of the Connell, and on Oar... ticular occasions furnish the members with instructions how to Note, it was unanimously re , olved that a• public examination' of the children : in the Corporation Schools should take place at •an early day, the better to prepare them for the part they are designed to take iptile ap proaching, procession. Mr. Wilderspin has accordingly received instructions to repeat.hisnovelties at the Town- . hall, this day, to-mot row, and Thursday. We have no doubt that the fareb will be more profitable to himself than either useful to the children or amusing to_ the an dience. Of course a very liberal grant mill be-voted for his " unWearied.exertigns in promoting the welfare of the rising generation." The self-styled " Education Committee"—that is, a body of men chiefly Unitarians, Papiets, or polit:cal Dissenters, whoseprofessed.objectit is to,mutilate the sacred Scriptures so as to suit the pre judices of every creed and Sect—will doubtless recom mend OAS quack to the-favourable consideration of the Council; not fo'r his faithful , expesineof system Ivhiall, relaxes the motels -and confirms the prejudices of the children entrusted to his care, but.simply because he en deavours to.conceal the truth and mislead the public by substituting a series of questions which cannot possibly either improve or instruct the rising generation. His charity teaches him neither to condemn a v i ce nor ap prove a v irtu e at the exPense of another's feeling* Be the subjects of his examination : Papists,. infidels, Sod nians, Churchmen, Methodists, Ranters, or Jumpers, his system adapts itself With a- ready facility to the feelings and prejudices of alt. But to our su bject.—N't a have made th e S e remar ks s imply to _introduce a very protnis ingpiipil of Mr. Wilderspin, who was specially engaged to introducea motion, relative to the appropriation of a °nth of money from the Corporation Fund for the pur pose of ce l e b rat i ng t h e coronat i on of her most gracious Majesty We allude to Mr. Alderman Barclay,. of courSe,.anaiderMan or the modern school ; and it is but justice to add that he acquitted himself in a manner worthy his great master. In introducing' the subject, Mr. .Alderman Barclay ob served that be rose 'n pursuance of a motion to call the attention of this ICotulun,ithoughts,ci.l to a subject which is, no doubt, some tghts, and in,Nvhich he _ o peration and support. The , felicity of n hoped for theirticmove-cliiiaatlgrc co-operation n ot to mention its grammatical accuracy, a , e doubt not, go far to remove the pie judice wh7c:illitt°l: long been entertained against the sa..; pient comn But being himself in exceeding doubt w hether or n ot the Council could understand him, he o b se rved, that " he alluded t o th e coronation of her Ma jesty Victoria. , This explatt o n, o f co ur se , e li c i te d some. applause, ' which evidently disturbed the equanimity o f t he alderman's mind. Thus fer his wishes and explana tioili,; now for a matter of fact. Mr. Barclay assured • t heCouneil "that it h a d b een t h e custom, invariably, in . ancient borough, to celebrate such an event in the best:mariner in which 'it has been in the power of the individuals composin g it ;" and having got cleverly through this matter : of history, the alderman again ven tured an opinion "that it would be admitted that no oc casion of' ki n d thi (namely, the coronation of her Ala jesty...Yietoria) 'Ng hitt their recollection, had appealed more warmly to their f ee trrni or Called upon them more . for their ex ert i ons. " - The gallantry Of the, worthy. al derman, proverbial seems al so in his immediate neighbourhood, Chamber. But. t ° h ave elicited applau se i n th e C o uncil m now the difficulty commenced. The 'alderman' s ernory failed him, arid a short pause was the the natural result. What was to be done? The mo tionhad been on the books fora considerable timethe • guriosity of the Council had- been excite&—the public 'were 'in earnest expectation of some effusion worthy of the. position which- . the alderman occupied in the Coon . ,cil--and, above all, some Means must be adopted - for getting to Loodon et'the public expense, and now forhis mettiory to fail him it was indeed vexatious. Well, gen tle reader, as our sides have ached with laughing, we may as well add to your merriment by . informing you what the Alderman did. Poor .man! He actually pray e d to be excused from saying a single word in jus tification. of his own resolution, on the ground that he was not in the habit of addressing public coMpanies." The cheering which followed this absurd request was of the most deafening character. But relief came at la s t. A meteor flash passed rapidly actors the I magination of the worthy alderman, and in the pleasure of the moment, he ventured upon an aphorism, without reflecting that it was possible to begin well without the probabilit y of ending well. His success, -however, will be better understood by adoptinghis own words, " allud mg► sir, to the illustrious personage who is now suc ceeded to the 'honours of her ancestors, and who is about to assu me t h e di adem of these realms. I do not mean as I as been the custom occasionally, when it has been con ceived that the character of individuals has not been suf ficiently'defined by time to allow for a a proper estimate to be led of the real featutes of 'their character—l do not Paean to refer to the.4 , ,iriliefi abe may have been supposed' 2 1 40145 e inherited from jiet predecessors; and by the poi.: vessicm of . But here came another and more. serious,Cheek.: The. thread of the argument was lost, and how. to .regain it was a question of great difficulty. But at length Mr. Alderman Barclay conceived he had utidertaken a task for whibh tie was unequal, which opin ion he immediately, communicated to the Council. The greater .part, howev,:r, enjoying the confusion of the alderman; cheered hint to a further attempt, and recol lecting at the moment that he had a voting card jn his pocket. containing some vety important memoranda, he composed himself for a study, which the mayor noticing, very cruelly requested him not to trust to his notes, but to go on tvithout, as if he had said yon have proved your memory bad, no.* try your brains. But the advice was easier to be received titan acted upon, and consequently the alderman pursued. his own way. After refreshing his memory the worthy alderman observed that what he had said he -had not intended to say, and now he was about to say what he had intended to say. The sum mary of this was, " that as the present Queen' had evinced a 'spirit and understanding far above her years, was so young.and yet so steady, so attentive to the duties of her station, and yet so mixing with the amusements of the passng hour—so fair in form and feature, and vet so devoid of affectation, the peopl e would energetically shout, " tong live the Queen." But here came the cream of the joke—the Council had been witnesses of the repeated failures of the alderman, and yet, with modest 'assurance, he tells theta that "it were an easy atilt a pleasant task to .dilate on a subject so interest- The resolutions •were then read, that the sum of £750. be appropriated for carrying into effect proper measures , for celebrating this great national event, and that. a committee be appointed to prepare an address 'to her Majesty, &c.. Having now completed his task, Mr . . Alderman Barclay reviewed the whole, and forMallY announced that. "he had performed his duty in sothe':sort, but had it fallen into better hands, it, would have been better performed, with which self-evi dent truth we . must take our leave, simply remarking that Abe peroration of the speech was delivered with mere of eMphaSis and confidence than the preceding part. The motion being duly seconded by Mr. Conn- Houghton; some discussion arose, which we shall very briefly notice. The Mayor very properly observed, ihat shoUld the Council .place any suns of money at his disposal, he should consider it in the hands of the com mittee: Such conduct is highly praiseworthy, and affords a very striking contrast to our late Mayor, whose higgling propensities in the purchase of vegetables and muffins had brought the office of chief magistrate into con tempt. A further communication was made by his wor ship, that he himself intended to give a lecture on Geo graphy, assisted by a magic lantern, to the children of the various schools. This cannot fail to attract a fash ionable audience. The speech of Mr. Walmsley was characterised by a more liberal spirit, and in every way worthy of the occasion which called it forth, and as Mr. Jordan highly approved of the generous feeling, we must give .him equal praise. Mr. •Alderman Barclay again ventured a= remark, of course,.tAeri from the minutes of the Council - relative to theinode of celebrating previous coronations.. Mr. Earle thought £750 inadequate, but was unwilling-to-subscribe himself. He, however, recommend ed the tradesmen to give public dinners to their own ser vants, but for his own part he should keep his pockets buttoned. Such conduct is by no means a novelty. Set;eraf councillors spoke in favour of the grant whilst others approved its increase. Dr. Catson objected to any grant whatever. This sapient councillor appears to , e - a - rtertairrawgreat an hatred to coronations as we do, to his physic. Which of the two might be dispensedavith with -greater advantage, we leave the public to judge. The Tdwn-clerk conceived there was a legal difficulty in, the way of granting any allowance for the public charities. The Deputy is, of course, of the same opinion. After some - further remarks, the resolution was carried, and a deputation appointed to present the address. deputation to consist - of the Mayor, Messrs. Barclay. and Hotighton. 'THE,DLSCVSSION AT DUBLIN. --- As we confidently an-. ticirated in our last,: the interestin;; discussion between "Father Tom," and the-Rev. Mr. Gregg has terminated in the complete tri uniph of the latter . . Never was opery so completely exposed in any similar controversy—never was ProtestatifiStn more nobly or More successfully vin dicated: The sudden and unexpected retirement of Father Matoire from the arena, is sufficient evidence of the utter prostration of the cause which he advocated. He has--evidently been disappointed - in his estimate of the Character, learning, and eloquence of his antagonist. He thought that at least in the "tear of words" he would have proved an over-match for Mr. Gregg. But he has the consolation of reflecting that be has, at length, "caught a Tartar." The wily priest. entered upon the discussion with the flush of anticipated victory brighten his,countenance : he has relinguished the:field crest fallenßiad discornfitted. It will be a long time before this blustering champion of Popery again . ventures to chal lenge -a- Protestant -clergyman to a controversy on the relative merits of the Romish and Reformed Churches. That Mr. Gregg has acquitted himself in the course of thisprOtracted diScusSion with 'ideal, energy, and talent, is evident,from the concurrent testimony of-the Irish and Metropolitan conservative pressfrum the unanimous expression of opinion on the part of those gentlemen who witnessed, the manner in Which lie discharged the arduous and important task which he had assumed—as well as from the circumstance-that a meeting of the clerical and lay gentlemen who attended the discussion, has been held for the pUrpose'of signifying their decided approba tion of his condapt: Among. other resolutions which werepassd at this nieeting, we find that, " on taking a review of the late controversial discussion," the gentle men present felt it to be incumbent. upon them to express their gratitude that he had been mPde so greatly instill- Mental "in exposing- the Romish apostacy." It was also deemed advisable to provide some public acknowledgment (This services from the Protestants• of the united King dom, and; 'furtherance of this view, arrangements were immediately entertd into to raise a subscription for the purpose of. having the church of which he is the minister' rebuilt on : such an enlarged scale as will provide accom modation foi . 'aq increasing congreg-ation, as well as to provide a Suitable residence for Mr. Gregg and his family. All this evidently arises from :the consciousness of tri umph.. But who or what has triumphed ? Is it.merely Mr. Grt!gg . , that has achieved a 'victory over his subtle and crafty opponent? Is it merely the personal triumph of one out of two acute logicians, or accomplished schn lars ?. .Itis a fargreater victory than this. It is tho triumph of the purity of.Ptotestantism over the com plicated abominations of Popery. It is the triumph of truth over error, of Christian knowledge . over sottish Su perstition; of charity over bigotry, of the immutable word of God over the cunningly devised fables of the Church of Rome. The effects of this glorious victory will be felt for a v.iry.long tithe; in Ireland . :especially; and through out the whole extent of the usurped dominions of the Papacy. . A . spirit of inquiry has been already generated which cannot but lead to the most satiSfactory results. There can be little :doubt that the point upon which Mr. Gregg had the greatest advantage over his antagonist was, the abominations of Peter Dens and the confessional. The eyesof Roman Catholic.. fathers and husbands have been, at length, opened , to the enormities perpetrated, under the hallowed name of . a sacrament, by the " cor poration of bachelors" to Whose:Spirit ual guidance their wives and daughters are trusted. Cordially do we rejoice , that this subject has b ee n s o forCibly intioduced to the I notice of those Who are most deeply interested in the fearful disclosures which have been atforded during the recent discussion. The doMinion of the Popish priest hood will be shaken to the foundation the moment, that a • general investigation takes place; on the part of the it .• O man Catholic laity, into the secrets of the confessional. It is not unlikely that such an inquiry will . be one of the immediate consequences of the late controversy. That the more bigotted and servile among the Papists' of Dublin feel the deepest mortification at the issue of the discussion is abundantly. manifest. The ravings of the Popish press is one indication of the prevalent des • pondericy of .the Maguire party. But we have stronger prOof:still; kappt.ara from the Protestant Guardian of Sat utday last that as the Rev: Dr: Walsh and the Rev. Mr. Prior were rrtorning home on Thu slay evening , after performing divine service in Mr. Gregg's church, they were violently attacked by a fierce band of ruffians, who evidently mistook one of them tor the rev. gentle man himself The clergymen were obliged to fly for their lives, pursued by an immense and momentarily increasing mob, who continued to• follow them, until their intended victims took shelter in the Conservative . house in Daw son-street, with their clothes covered over with mud, thrown at them by the savage rabble, who were with difficulty prevented from forcing . open the door of the house. Here was an instructive proof of the way in which the Papists are taught by their priests. The meditated vengeance of these ruffians evidently originated in the humiliating defeat of their redoubted champion. Perhaps the Mercury will undertake to defend this ami able ebullition of popular feelingon the same ground that it prompted a similar line of conduct at the last election in Liverpool. _ _ We perceive that it is insinuated in a, radical contem porary that the Conservative papers in Liverpool hive found it politic to suppress any report of the discussion. He must be an ignoramus who thus fancies that the STANDARD was afraid of publishing part of the discus sion. The absurdity of imagining that we could dO any thing like justice to a report which would extend through about forty of our columns, is so glaring that we shall not condescend to bestow upon it any further notice. We hope, however, that the discussion will be published in as cheap a form as possible, and that proper exertions will be used for its general dissemination. • v.tr • • THE LIVERPOOL- StANDARD. MURDER OF INSPECTOR ROSS. Last week we detailed the circumstances attending a pugilistic recontre, which took place on the evening of Monday week, in the vicinity of Windsor, Upper Parliament-street. The police, it appears, had some intimation conveyed •to them of the event before its occurrence, and it is to be regretted that a stronger force was not in attendance to prevent it, for the result .has been ',the death of one. of the most active and intelligent.officers be longing to the corps- , Williatu Horner Ross, inspector s whO saciiliced his life in a vain effort to disperse the brutal :Own lilage The deceased was a most valuable and efficient officer -4 man whose steadiness was always,to be uepeuded upon,• and Who, in several cases of emergency had shown the-. most un daunted braver•. - H►s courage on the occasion to which we al lude, so far outstripped his di.,cretion, as to induce him, assisted only by two oleo, to attempt the dispersion of the infuriated rabble. The cousequence might have been. anticipated—the crowd turned upon the officers, beat them most unmercifully', dull before further assistance could be procured, pour RosS.was covered with wounds and gore. When the police reeeived a redifereement, a desperate light took place between therruand tiie mob, which terminated in the captureot the principals, t who were brought before Ur. Hall, as we stated last week,. fined in the peualty of £5, and in default of.payrnent, committed to the House of Correction for two months. It was not anticipatedi at the lime to which we allude, that Inspector Ross's wounds, though set ions, would have terminated fataliy. After the affray, he was removed to the infirmary, When every attention was paid to his case. On his head were four contused wottuds of a dangerous character, and several others ou various parts of his body, where he had been kicked and bruised. Until Sunday week, there were no untoward symptoms, but on that day erysipelas showed itself, and oft the following morning an inflammation of the brain succeeded, of which he diedon Wednesday. HIS FUNCHAL.. • After death,. Mr. Nottingham, house-surgeon of the infirmary, subjected the body to a postmortem examination, and on Friday, it was interred at the Cemeter), Duke-street. A public pioces sion of the police force accompanied the unfortunate deceased to his grave. The - procession was fronted in. Brownlow-street. -Preceding the hearse Were 52 of the fire police, four abreast, in their costume. the first 8 wearing belts, which inclosed their hatchets of office, suspended from their necks by a chain: the others, in lieu of the hatchet, carried in their be - lts a polished piece of steel of an angular shape, called a key. Following the hearse were three friends or relatives of the deceased, whO acted as chief mourners, to whom succeeded about 300 of-the: police force, the rear being closed by 36 inspectors and the Superin teudents, including Mr. Whittv, the head constable. The pro cession passed through Pembroke-place. London -road, Shaw's brow, Daie-street, Castle-street, Lord-street, Church-street, Bold-street, Rodney-street, to the Cemetery at the Mount; where the body was received in the chapel, and the burial service read, after which it'was carried to its last resting place at the extreme end of the • Cemetery, near Upper Parliament-street—not far removed frum . the scene of the fatal affray. INQUEST OE Tag BODY. On Friday, at two o'clock, an inquest was held'( the jury haYing.preViously inspected the body) at the Sessions-house, before P. F. Curry, Esq., touching the means by which the de ceased carne by his death. The first witness was. George Wharton, a police-officer, residing in Blair-street. Ou Monday, the 28th ultimo, „bout seven in the evening, witness .received information of a light about to take place in Parliament-street. \Vent there, but contd riot discover any appearance'of it. Ott making inquiry, witness ascertained that a Emily. of Men had collected flea: the tannery. Went there and saw two men stripped to the waist. Was accompanied by two officers named Fish and Ritchie. Told the crowd to go away, and the t wa.men who were stripped commenced running. Witness took one of the men titocustody, and was leading him across, the aeld% followed by a part of the crowd, when,sorne,one Cried. out ",Oh,- they.itee =filtering Witness had' not seen deceased previously- On turning round, saw a crowd collected a little to the left. Witness requested other two offic e r s t o go a n d assist. deceased, which they did. At this time another officer, Charters, cause up. - There was a cry " Now lads," and Charters was knocked doWn, by at stick about eighteen inches long. Wit- ness Was struck by the prisoner Connolly, and the prisoner whom witness first took was rescued front him. Warless was so kicked and abused while down es to be insensible for some minutes. On recovering, saw a- crowd about a hundred yards off, and - Connolly approaching. The latter was eyentually.cap lured, and taken into custody. Afterwards ascertained that the deceased had been taken to Che Infirmary. James M'Whan, a police-offices, wag on duty in Park-road on the night in question. About six o'clock the deceased, who was witness's inspector, was there, and another officer named COMM. The three proceeded to a field at the top of 11111- street, in consequence of information received. A large crowd of people had asiembleff. Saw the prisonets Patrick Cum ming„ Edward Connolly, George M'Carty, James Doming., and Martin Murphy among the crowd. The deceased, as also witness and the other officer, were uressed in the police uniform. Deceased requested the crowd to disperse, adding that if they did not do so, he would bring a sufficient force to make them. The crowd went further into the field, and Cowan, the other officer, went for further assistance. While he was away. the crowd had made a ring, and two men stripped for the purpose of fighting. Cowan came back with some more police-officers. The men who had stripped commenced fighting. Deceased, witness, and the other two -officers then made one of the men who bad stripped a prisoner. The men had fought two or three rounds. Witness identified the five prisoners named as pro moting and backing the light. Cumming, the prisoner, bad a stick eighteen inches long—a rough, prepared stick. Saw Cumming strike the deceased with the stick on the head twice. Almost immediately, the prisoners Edward Connolly; James Dousing, and Martin Murphy repeatedly struck and kicked the deceased wisile he was on the ground. Deceased never got properly up. Saw Cumming strike and kick the deceased once or twice. Witness endeavoured to rescue deceased, and was kicked and struck by several persons in the crowd. • Witness and the other officers were beaten off, and obliged to run away for assistance, and left deceased among the crowd Assistance was procured, when deceased was found lying speechless. The crowd was still around, and the officers commenced taking prisoners. Witness did not see teceased afterwards. On his cross-examination by Mr. Davenport, the witness stated that he did not see the prisoneris Alacklin and Rutledge amongst the crowd. Thomas Threlfall, another police-officer, corroborated the testimony of the preceeding witnesses. The bludgeon with which the prisoner Doming struck the deceased two or three times appeared to be a piece of timber about 14 or IG inches in length, square and thick. Saw the prisoner•Connolly, with a bfick in his hand, kick the deceased whilst he was on . the ground. 111•Carthy was amongst the crowd, and cried "Go on," while the prisoner Cumming gave witness "the leg" twice. When witness recovered 'from being tripped, saw deceased lying on the ground in a helpless condition. Many persons in the - crowd bad bludgeons. Could not swear that the prisoners Macklin, Moriand, and Rutledge were amongst the crowd. • Robert Ritchie, po liceman, deposed to accompaning the de ceased and , Fish, a police-officer, on the evening of the..2Bt.h to. the 'fanneries; near Windsor, where a crowd was cellected,- and two melt lighting. On taking one of theni into custody,• they were followed by a crowd, and a great mitober of bricks and stones . were thrown—by whom witness could not say. Cum mine, Connolly ' Diming, Murphy, James Macklin, and Pat-, rick7Mnrland. al l appeared to be taking, part in the . proceedings of the. molt, Witness reeeived a severe blow-on the head'with .a brick. Deceased and Witness were standing together about five minutes, when twenty or thirty of the mob took sticks out . of their. pockets. Several in the crowd_ cried, "Go it, geit,!" . The prisoner Macklin laid hold of the deceased across the breast,' and kicked b'.s feet from under him, when he tell.. Witness, at the sante moment was pinioned, and knocked down . by a:blow• on the bead. When on ithe ground, several called out "Kill them, murder !" There were . tvirrior three lying on the top of witness who drew up' his hands and knees, when he saw the de-' ceased lying 'on his hack bleeding. At that time sic or seven sticks were cutting at hint on ail parts of his body. - Saw.Mack lin, Cumming, Connolly, Murphy, & Moreland amongst. the crowd.—This witness was cross .examined at some length by Mr. Davenport on the part of Macklin, but he was positive as to the fact of the latter being among st the crowd. Mr. Nottingham, the house-surgeon of the Infirmary, deposed to receiving the-deceased into that institution. on the evening of May 28. He was treated in every way' likely to conduce, to his recovery. His death was caused in the opinion of witness the injuries he had sustained. There appearing 'no evidence to criminate Rutledge, be was . _ discharged. . • The Cottosan then addressed the jury with much clearness, pointing out to them the demarcation between murdet and man slaughter, After reading the evidence carefully over, and com menting on it as he proceeded, the Coroner read some extracts bearing upon tt u case from a work which Judge Pattison at the last assizes had highly eulogised—Russell on Crime. It was there laid clovin.:that a. party killing an officer in the discharge of his public duty, knowing him to be an officer, was guilt v.of murder. The evidence proved that the deceased wore the police uniform, and 'was recognised as a police-officer,—and no doubt could exist as to the cause of his death been produced by the blows he had received. The jury retired, and in a short time returned with .a. - verdict , . of "Wilful Murder, " against James Macklin, Patrick Cumming, Edward Connolly, James Doming, and Martin 11lurphy, as,principals; and against George M'Carty and Patrick Morland as aiders and abettors. . s The- prisoners, we believe, are ail Irishmen, in the humblest class of life. There is nothing indicative of ferocity or brutality in their appearance.. They all behaved.with remarkable com posure, with the exception of Murphy, who shed tears in allud ing to his wife and four children. . MECHANICS' AND APPRENTICES LIBRART,--We learn that it is the intention of the :committee of the Mechanics' and Ap prentices' Library to issue a, circular, requesting donations of books from gentlemen whe 4 in! looking over then libraries, May find duplicate works, or old editions, this is. a necessary step, as the valuable works presenteito this useful and central library •at its foundation are , bv,thiS trine worn out and uStless._')i-d ,, -. nation of valuable AO. ug.gful•;yrorks from 3 , 11% * Jethei Lein was laid before the last committee- .... .9,. - ~ CORRESPONDENCE.. To THE TOWN-DUES COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH: OF •LIVERPOOL GENTLKAIEN,—We presume each member of your body, as an individual, to be possessed of inflexible integrity, a scrupulous sense of honour; and, in your representative•capacity we would hope to find you earnestly anxious to render justice where jus tice is due. Should anyone openly assail your character and impute to you dishonor or dishonesty we doubt not each would be zealous to relieve himself from so wrongful a suspicion, hut should a cowardly malice prompt any one, covertly and under protection, to seek the injury of your fair fame, we presume to think it would bedifficult to assign bounds for the feelings of indignation each would naturally ascertain. We, gentlemen. occupy the unpleasant position of having bad our characters assailed, our honesty impeached ; we have been slandered co vertly and under the protection of your body, we have used every proper exertion to induce you to deliver up tons the name of our assailant, that exertion has failed, and it is with unfeigned regret we find ourselves compelled to lay a case betore the pub lic, with the two-fold object of vindicating our characters, and claiming from you that measure of justice which we do feel you withhold front us. We preface by stating that we are steam-boat agents, having vessels plying between this port and Cork and OTHER PLACES. As such agents we have hitherto paid thetown-dues on all goods imported and exported in our vessels, and charged the same to the 'ownets or consignees. it would appear that, some two or three months since, Mr. Corrie, the receiver of the town-dues at this port, had his atten tion called to the Cork trade list, by an "ind;ridual interested as the agent of others in the e'osnmeree of the port;" and by that individual he must have been informed, that certain discrepan cies existed between the atimunt of town-dues paid by us on cargoes in our steamers to and 'row Cork, and the quantity of 'cargo (import and export) reported in such Cork list. Mr. Corrie, in performance of his duty as a public officer of the cor poration, very properly reported the matter to your body. From You he received instructions to ascertain the defalcation alleged against us, and , •eport to you thereon. Mr. Corrie proceeds in the execution of his commands, and by what means ? Does he call upon us. and represent that such stateitients had been made, so - vitally affecting our characters as men of business and men of honesty ? Does he seek to become acquainted with our ma nifests and our mercantile 'hooks and papers, from which he could have obtained all the information besought ? No ! be travels from counting-house to counting-house, enquiring from the respectable merchants with whom we are in the habit of as sociating., the quantity of goods they have exported or imported in our vessels to and from Cork, (and here we beg to observe to and from CORK ALONE,) in order to compare such with the quantity of goods upon which we had paid the town—dues; and in no case, we will venture to affirin,did Mr. Corrie depart from the office of any such merchant alter making his enquiries, without leaving behind him an impression that we were sus pected of defrauding the corporate estate. This delicate inves tigation proceeds during, a space of nearly two months, and , whPn, think you, we hear of it for the first. time ? Not until several days after Air. Currie had transmitted to you his report; and how`AO we hear it? We are sent. for by one of the met chants from whom inquiry had been made, he expressed to us his regret that we should 'have been placed in so unpleasant a situation, and, not believing us capable of acting; thus disho nestly; he deeMed itbut his deity to acquaint us with what had occurred. 'l'o that gentleman we felt, we acknowledged, our obligation, and half an hour diil not elapse ere we waited upon Mr. Corrie, to express our surprise at the suspicion raised against us, our deep annoyance that the investigation bad been carried on without our knowledge, and our earnest desire to answer satisfactorily every inquiry he might, in the performance Of his duty, have been called upon to make. Mr. Corie as sured us; he considered we had been suffering under a very serious imputation, but that he hail pleasure in announcing that, so far as we were concerned, the result of his inquiries had proved satisfactory to himself, and without dishonor to us; that he had been enabled (and diligently and vigorously must be h'ave laboured for the purpose) to account for every package of goods imported and exported in our vessels, except 26 firkins of butter, and that he had so reported to your committee; and what think you he added? That the amount of town-dues upon these 26 tirkins was so small, (Sd.) he did not think it WORTHY AN INDICTMENT. _ . Gentlernen,—We Will not attesupt to describe our feelings upon this announcement, we leave them to you, to any honour able mind to imagine. We felt a confidence, however, that even with regard to these 26 firkins of butter, some error must exist. which it would be in our power to rectify. We returned to our offioe, we ascertained the fact from the boOks and then discovered, that 174, not 200 firkins as represented to Mr. Corrie, had been received on h•taid our vessel—and thus the 26 firkins were accounted for. We returned to Mr. Corrie with our papers, and satisfactorily explained to hint the mistake, he prothised to amend his report in that respect, and we suppose did so. We demanded from Mr. Corrie the name of his in former, we represented to him the injurious effect on our chit- . racter and credit the investigation must necessarily have pro duced; he refused to furnished the name of the individual, but volunteered, as the only reparation iu his power, to write to, or personally wait upon all the parties and acquaint them with the result of his inquiries. We declined that offer, we felt such a mode was net calculated to remedy the evil which had ensued, and we placed ourselves in the hands of our solicitors, between whom and other parties the annexed correspondence has taken place. We have been engaged as agents for steam boats to other places than Cork for upwards of three years. In October last, we commenced sailing our steam vessel s' between this port and Cork, and in January, in consequence of her success, another was added; these two boati were the John M'Adam, and the Margaret. It is never pretended that inquiry has been made by you respecting our transactions connected with any other place than Cork. Ou the Cork station there is opposition—on the other station no opposition. No inquiry was made by Mr. Corrie respecting either the transactions of ourselves or bother parties trading to and from Cork, until his attention was so called to the Cork list, and Mr. Corrie's report was confined, exclusively, we believe, to our own case. Mr. Radcliffe, in his letter on behalf of Mr. Corrie, states, that no inquiry had been made in Ireland respecting these charges against us. To ascertain this, we went at much per sonal inconvenience to 'Cork, whence we have just returned, and there ascertained, that a person was stationed on the quay at Cork, EttPLoYED and PAID by cei fain parties sailing steam vessels in opposition to us, for the purpose of taking an account of the cargoes of our vessels for the town dues in Liverpool. Gentlemen, we are not placing either you or Mr. Currie, on your defence, of the latter gentleman we have seen much, suffi cient to claim from us, respect for his honour and integrity ; we are merely seeking that you will render justice, where you have hitherto failed. Men's motives are between themselves and their maker; circumstances, however, will, generally, enable men fairly to estimate the motives of their fellow men. If the " Individual interested as the agent of others in the com merce of the port," who drew Mr. Come's attention to the Cork lists, be unconnected with our trade as opponent, if he be one separated widely front even the suspicion of jealousy towards its, we do not ask you to furnish his name. But should the Individual thus interested as the agent of others, be one per sonally concerned in opposition to us, should he be one who would have been personally, and pecuniarily benefitted by our downfall or degradation, then we do ask you to conceive a rea son for withholding his name. This is information which Mr. Corrie cAN, and if required by you, MUST furnish. We conclude with again expressing our regret, you should have refused to give up the name of this Individual, leaving us no alternative, in vindication of ourselves, but to address you through the public press, and publish the correspoudece which has taken place. We remain, Gentlemen. Your obedient servants. J. A. and R. FORSHAW. 11th June, .1838. CORRESPOND&NCIL. Thomas Corrie, Esq. DEAR Sl, .—We are informed that you have been making inquiries from various parties both here and in Ireland as to the manner in which Messrs. J. A. and It. Forshaw carry on one part of their shipping business, and which inquiries seriously reflect upon their integrity. As their professional men, we request to be informed at whose request, and for what purpose, you have made these inquiries. • Your early reply will oblige, . . Dear, liir, yours respectfully, (Signed,) SHACKLETON. WRIGHT and HUNTER. Brunswick-street, 28th April, . Tuten Dues Office, 28th April, 1838. Messrs. Shackleton, Wright and flunter. GENTLEMEN.—I have to acknowledge the letter you ad dressed to me this morning by desire of Nlessr.. .1. A. and H. Forshaw, which, as it relates to the business of this office, I have placed it in the hands of the Town-clerk, who will give such reply, and hold such further communication with you on the subject as may be proper on Inv part. I am, very respectfully, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, (Signed,) THOS. CORRIE. The Town-clerk, Dusts SIR,—In consequence of inquiries having been made from various 'persons by the receiver of the town dues, which reflected upon the integrity of Messrs. J. A. and R. Forshaw, we wrote to the receiver, desiring to he informed at whose re quest and for what purpose he made the inquiries, to which we have a reply that he had placed the letter in your hands, and that you would give such reply, and hold such further commu nication with us on the subject as might be proper on his (the receivers) part. We have, therefore, to request that you will inform us by whose suggestion s at whose request, and fur what purpose the inquiries were made. our early answer will oblige, Dear Sir, Yours truly, (Signed,) SHACKLETON, 'WRIGHT and HUNTER Munswick-street, Mit April, 1838. The Town-clerk. DaAa SIR,—We should feel obliged by an answer to our letter of the 30th ultimo, on the subject of the inquiries made by the receiver of the town dues relative to Messrs. J. A. and R. Forshaw. • We are, dear sir, yours truly, SIIACKLETON. WRIGHT and HUNTER. Brunswick-street, 3d May, 1838. Town-hall. 4th May, 1838. Messrs. Shackleton, Wright and Hunter. DEAR SIRS,-1 have to-day an interview with Mr. Corrie on the subject of your application to him on behalf of Messrs. J. A. and R. Forshaw, which I considered necessary to have be fore I answered your application. Mr. Currie, as • receiver of the town dues, had his attention called to the Cork Trade Lists. Ou referring to those lists (public reports intended for the in formation of mercantile men in their commercial dealings) he found statements of shipments and arrivals of goods by the John M 'Adam and Margaret, regular traders between Cork and Liverpool,. amounting to sixteen cargoes between the 30th January and the 7th of March inclusive, in every, one . of which cargoes the quantity of goods as reported in the Cork Trade List exceeded the quantity on which the town dues were paid by Messrs. J. A. and IL Forshaw, as agents for those vessels, the difference being, on the whole estimate of the sixteen cargoes ; £l5 ss. 10d. upon payments of £27 ss. 2d. of town dues. Under these circumstances it became the bounden duty of Mr. CArie to report to the committee of the council on the town dues; and on this report the committee, discharging their duty in pro tection of public revenue, directed Mr. Come to Make the ne ce,sary inquiries to enable them to come to au opinion whether there had in these cases been any detention of the just amount of town dues or not. _ _ _ . . Accordingly Mr. Currie made inquiries in Liverpool; (but not it) lieland, as you suppose,) and he had the satisfaction of finding that no detention had taken place, the questionable ap pearances, which he bad in the discharge of his duty reported, being fairly attributable to inaccuracies in the Cork Trade. Lists. On the 23rd April he transmitted to me a written report, now remaining with me, waiting for a meeting of the committee, by which this 'result. appears, and by which every :q.uestionahle ,appear.tuce reported , to the . pommlttee ts . satra4Acturily cleared 43. On the part (4414 comMittee no iiiirute has been admitted on their proceedings; and'iin that 'Of 'NV. COrrie believe every delicacy has been obsei'ved Consistent 'with the discharge Of his duty. Yours, very truly. (Signed,) " R. RADCLIFFE. The Town-clerk. DaAn Std,—We have received your letter of the-lib - instant, in which you state. !` Mr. Corrie, as Receiver of the Town dues, had his attention called to the Cork Trade Lists." We beg to be informed by whom his atteution - was go called. Dear Sir, yours very truly, (Signed) . SHACK.LETON', WRIGHT, & HUNTER. Brunswick-street, 514 May, 1838. • 'l'he Town-clerk. DEAR SI R.—You will obli2e us by a reply to our communi cation of the .sth instant. at your earliest convenience. Dear Sir, puts truly, • 3HACKLEION. WILIWIT, and HUNTER. Brunswick...a rdet, 9th May, ) 53.5. • The Town-clerk, DEAR Stn,—We have not et received a reply to our note of the sth instant. Upon a question so deeply affecting the cha racter of our clients, we'toust urge from you a reply.. We are. dear Sir, yours truly, SHACKLETON, WRIGHT, and HUNTER. Brunsaiick,treet,llth May, 1838. Messrs. Shackleton, Wright, and Hunter. DEAR SiR s,—Youi further application should have been ear lier answered, had not Mr. Corrie deemed it proper to consult the persmi by whoic his attention was drawn to the Cork Trade Lists. lam not now emdiled to an wer for Mr. Corrie further, than that the party was a private individual interested as the agent of others in the commerce of the port, who clearly appears to Mr. Corrie to have acted without the slightest malicious oh jez:t or unworthy motive, and to have done no more than to draw the attention of Mr. Corrie, as a public officer, to the repre sentations of a'printed paper open to any one. In addition, _I can only state, that Mr. Corrie assures me, that he has taken care to correct any erroneous impression on the mind of that party. It is to he regretted, that the erroneous representations of the paper should have caused injury to the fe , lings of your clients; and any gentleman innocently influenced for the moment .by such erroneous statement. must regret tare circumstance; but Mr. Corrie, as a public officer, was bound to inquire, and now cannot do more than set the matter right su far as his ability .correctly extends. Dear Sirs, yours truly, (Signed) • RD: RADCLIFFE. The Town-clerk. • DEAR Sta;—We have received your letter of the 1-4th instant. but instead of being a reply to ours of the sth, it'is merelYen attempt at explanation , he he adopted as a public officer. This explanation we did -not ask for; but as . it has: been volunteered, we must, in ; justice to our clients, and with deference, state, that we thick the conduct of Mr. Currie would have shown mitre dericacij (at least I'r their character') if he had, in the' fiist instance;-gone to them, told them the circumstance, and asked to see their hooka. .Such a course could• not have prejudiced auv'ea4e the - CorPoration might have had; f o r, if our clients bed decline() teshoti their books, the inquiries uhleh nave been niede Might then haVe been pursued,' and if en act of fraud had been committed previously, 'o act of theirs could get rid or it. but their degradation would have been increased uy the refUsS;-.' You state in your letter "that the party was a private indivi dual interested as the agent for Others io the .cumnierce of the port, who clearly appears to . Mr. Currie to have acted without the slightest malicious object or umicOrth..4 motiee, end to have done no more than to draw toe attention of Mr. Currie, as a Pfablic officer to 'the' representations ela iriirited. paper open to anyone." Our desire to have the name of the private individual interest ed as the agent of others, is, that our clients may satisfy them selves that he had not the slightest malicious of ject‘nor unworthy *Nice; for we are 'at a loss to . coucelie how, looking ctt the printed paper. (the CerkTrade Lisileould lead-him to suppose that that list did not accord with the manifests or-with the . delivered to the Receiver, upon which the town-dues wets -paid; because he had no access to thelmanifests., and there is no ex pert list published with which he could compare the Cork Trade List, being the import list : and why.shonid.l his prlcaie indivi dual draw the attention Mr: Currie to ihe representatioxs of a printed, paper, merely us affecting the acts of our clients? for,-that such was the case is preyed by the fact, that'the inquiries made by Mr. Corti" from individuals of high respectotWitv klere, im porters of goods from Cork, solely related to Clients, - anri• not-to any otherpers-ns although others act as agents in the shipping of giiods to Cork: We cannot, Therefore, in duty to ow-clients. Permit the sebject to remain as it is, but shall make another e ff ort to' obtain the name of the individual; for which purpose we shall appeal to the Towns-dues Committee. at whose request the inquiries were made, amid request they wiH do that act of justice to our clients which we•at present think them deprived of. We.shall forward a copy of our correspondence to the Committee. • We are, dear sir, yours truly,' . (Signed) SHACE.LETON. WRIGHT, & HUNTER. Brunswick -sheet, 15th May. !8.38.„ 'I7O the Towns Dues Committee. Ggist TLEMEN,—We beg to inclose a copy of the correspon dence which has taken place between Mr. Corrie, the Town clerk, and ourselves, on the subject of certain inquiries which have been made by Mr. Corrie, relating to the supposed non payment of Town-dues. by Messrs. J. A: & H. Forshaw. It will appear from the correspondence the Town-clerk has communicated to us. that the inquiries,were made at your re quest, and for the purpose of prosecution, but he tacitly declines to give the name of the individual by 'whoie suggestion they were made. Under these circumstances, we appeal to the committee as gentlemen, as merchants, •whose fair farre' . is above all other considerations, to give Messrs. Forshaw at least an opportunity of judging for themselves of the motives wbich may have in duced the individual, at whose suggestitms the inquiries were made; for calling the attention of Mr. Coirie - tothe Cork Trade by giving up the name of such individual•.. __ • - • We are, Gentlemen, your - most obedientlervatits; (Signed) 'SHACKLETON: WRIGHT & HUNTER. Brunswick-sireet, 11.1rh May,•lB3B. • Commigiee Clerk's Cyfi ye, Town-Flall, 23d May, 1838, Messrs. Shackleton anti Co., G 11+;11.EM E N am directed by the Town 7 due.s Committee to acquaint you that they have met upon the subject of your lettetto them of the I ci th instant, and they have given every Possible consideration to the application thereby made, and to the correspondence between Mr.- Carrie, the Receiver of the ToWn-daes, the Town-clerk, and yourselves. But lam di rected to state that, after such consideration, they came to the deliberate conclusion that, under the circumstances set forth in that correspondence, they would not be justified in making any order on Mr. Corrie, a public officer, to give. up the name of the individual who called his attention to the Cot k Trade-lists. I have been also directed to state that, on comparing the 'Cork Trade lists with the entries made at his office. Mr. Corrie's inquiries were not confined to the charges of Messrs. Forshaw's vessels only, lint were extended to all within the lists, and that the committee cannot avoid expressing their . approbation of the cautious .and delicate proceeding of Mr. Conic in the discharge •of his duty on this and previous occa•iions of a similar nature;. and they beg to call attention to the offer made by Mr. 'Corrie to Mr. Porshaw to do away wiih any •unfavourable impressions his inquiries might have caused, by calling upon, or writing to each of the parties of whom he had made, such inquiries, which offer was declined by Mr. Forshaw. The committee lament that any circumstance should have caused injury to the feelings of Me ssrs. Forshaw, but they ap prehend that it is clear, that this is entirely to be attributed to the erroneous representation of the Cork Trade list. I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, - (Signed) CLIMMES OKILL, C. C. A GENTLEMAN BEADLE, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOLST.,INIMRD. MR. Eorrott,—rray.can you tell we whf Mr. Joseph Lang ton is so very officious in skewing .trangers where 'they ought, anti where they ought not to sit in St.'George's Church? is it because he is invested with the dignity of churchwarden ? or clothed in a little brief authority, wishes to sheW his own im portance ? It is astonishing how these self-styled libe .als find means to exercise a petty tyranny on every opportunity-pre senting itself. So recently as last Sunday, a stranger happen ing to go into the seat, hitherto occupied hy a Chii:qian mayor, was rudely dislodged therefroin„by order. of .this banker's clerk, not to mike room for the Mayor, ,no, that would have, ke,en.a tolerable excuse, but that. the seat shoalttrethain utoccui,ied during the whole of the service. As I wo.jealthis of the fees anti other immunities attached to my oflicc,,,perhaps you will inform me why , they are usurped. Vows. te. PARI.Sa BEADLE. . TUE CORONATION. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIFERPOOL„ST,I2VD./IRD Sir,—Mfght I beg leave, through your valuable .journal, to throw out a few hints to the corporation, with .iegaid to the Sunday Schools in Liverpool; and,as..one -of those whose "labour of love" is being, exercised in that brOad field and firm bulwark of the Protestant religion, 1 should wish to call atten tion to them, in order that the children of these schools might be enabled to participate in this expression of tia;a'ity and at tachment to their youthful sovereign. This I know 'would. afford great satisfaction if things could be so arranged. But, sir, it has also conic to my knowledge. that the children in some of the Sunday schools, are about to celebrate their anniversary on Tuesday in the next week; now might I humbly and respectfully suggest to the gentlemen within whose vince the management of the affair rests, the propriety of de ferringtheir procession to the coronation day, in order to enable those who take part in the former to throw conjointly into the latter their no . small mite of rejoicing. By this mode of pro ceeding, sir, the teachers will derive great satisfaction and 'cum fort from being permitted to see their little ''taints" join the " happy throng, but maybe prevented, if held on the day ap pointed, for this reason: —Many of these gentlemen are en gaged in warehouses and establishments train which it may be impossible. for theni to obtain permission to leave from press of business, in - order to celebrate their own anniversary, - whereas, the contrary will be the fact on the subsequent day, in conse quence, no doubt, •of die suspension of business in this impor tant town. All, sir, will he enabled to behold and assist the celebration of such -an important and glorious event as that of, hailing our most gracious and 'youthful sovereign to the acqui, sitiun of the rights and privileges other protestant ancestors. Should you deem these few observations worthy of insertion iu your paper , of Tuesday,. you will oblige an humble servant to I the cause of TRUTH. A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER. BLOCKADE OF BUENOS AYRES. By the ship Racer, which arrived at Exmouth ou Saturdav last, We have received thentlicial account of the. blockade of Buenos,. yres by the Fretick:—.. .. • • . . . ... : ." Committee'of .British Merclinnts. " Copy of a letter from • his. Excetlency. J. .i-I..Mtpdtville to William Orr, Esq., Chairman of . the Cpinniqtee-. . , Buepo. Ayres, Morch 29. " Sir,—l have to acquaint you, for the infortnmiun of the Bri, tish merchants residing in this town. that I have received from Rear Admiral. Le Blanc, commanding the French fin ces on the South American station, fi notification of his having instituted a blockade of the port of Buenos Ayres, and of the whole of the rivers belonging to the Argentine republic. " J. 11. MANDEvIt.I.I‘." • A despatch, dated tin; 28th of March, Which was sent by the French Admiral to the Belgian Consul at Buenos Ayres. and a copy of which the latter functionary has forivarded 'to his partners at: Liverpool, contains the annexed particulars 'o•The ports of the Argentine Republic have been foruially blockaded by the French squadron, in consequence of the con; tinned resistance of the executive to the reasonable deniandsof the French vot,irninent . .....:Alf.lateigu vessels which shall ac tually be in any of the ports of the:l63.ol4lin 01.0 alluwed load and discharge tie to the ensuing 10th of May." EXCURSION TO POkTUGAL • We beg to *nail - The - attention : Of our readers to an advertise -2 . (pent, au &Jouncing the .despatch'_4f up t •Cur e aseien steamer for 'Oilman and Lisbon: The Peninsular Steam Company's . notate ply regularly froth London at - Srl Fainterstit ;(t Post ugat.carbealtar and. the Meclitertanehu ; but it iS.ext reiliedr 4:atrium indeed; that an oppostuotte is uifrded of preceeding stearn duet tly fiutu iverpoel to fhose mreiesting portions of the globe. The Cir s casstan has been puich,sreriu this country' for the purposeqf being placed permanent.v on tire station between Lisbon and Oporto, and's - held nit about-tit procaeo - to her (destination for that purpose. The intercourse between these two ports is Dove almost entirely conducted by steam: . Tne difficulties of a laud journev.s , nwing to the badness of the road's, the want of regu lar conveyances; - and - the annost totaFillYtiwiiibiliFY•ef obtaining anything like tolerable-accommodation. on :the way—are 'so great, that it is very seldom undertaken except by some hardy and enterprising traveller,-to whtrin the economy of time is no object, and 'who is willing to eneotinter the fatignenfidisard a ships of five or six days' journey on mule-back—exposed to privation andincouvenience, and at no slight degree, perhaps, of tiers mai hazard—for the sake of - seeing the interior of the -country, and nt observing the customs - Sad manners of the Pris motive inhabitants among whom he will pass: As the Convey canceby steamers is now regular and certain, and the voyage is performed in from eighteen Yo twenty-four hours according to the weather, it is net surprising that these should almost entirely supersede the old mode of travellingevet) to Portugal; where every species of improvetnerit is luTilted - upon with pre judice, and is only slowly adopted fly the nativars There is at present only one steamer - which confines itself to' the passage between Lisbon and Oporto. She is a tine vessel named the Porto, and was purchased at Liver-pool about two years ago, by -a Portuguese company, since which time she..has been plying .regularly between these two ports. She , sails once every eight or ten days from °perm, returning, of course, from Lisbon, its the intermediate time. Though the distance is notvery great— only from 150 to 180 miles—the fares in the best cabin are abotit £3 O. of our Money, and in the - second cabin about 14e. or 15s. less. These sums include provisions, with wines and spirits. but not the steward's fee. The only other steam conveyance between Lisbon and Oporto, is by the, English mail packets, which pass off Oporto, once a week, off-aiseir• way from Lon don and Falmouth. to and from Lisbon, Gilbraitar, &c. As these vessels dot not enter the Douro, they can - only be boarded when the weather is moderate. and the unfortunate passen ger bound for Oporto is not unTreq - aently carried forward, to Lisbon on the one hand, or to Viggo on the other. The fares by these packets, notwithstanding the expense and -in convenience of boarding.•are still 'higher that' by the Porto. Tne charge in the best cabin front Lisbon to Oporto , including previsions, &c.. is 20 tniireati, equal-to - about and in the fore-cabin 13 iniireas, irr £3 The deck-passengers pay m o r eas (its, • 6 ,- 1,) and find themselves. Tinsintereaurse be tween the two cities retest ed to is•already eonsiderable, is rapidly increasing, and is capable, with improved management, of being very greatly extended. Is is with this view that- the Cireassiatt .has been purchased by the present- spirited and enterprising proprietors. She will tie ertinmanded bs Uateain 'taxis -in( a gen tl em an with wham we have the pleasure of a slight acquaint ance, and of whom, therefore, we call speak with confidence, when we state that be is considered, by competent judges whom we have heard speak of him. as one of the ablest seamen who ever commanded a vessel. From the prominent part which he took in tbe.Portuatteee war, his name inust be - familiar to many of our reader's: ire:Comutacided ttie Villa Florbrig. under Ad miral Napier, at the - memorable hattle.off Cape St; Vincent, in which Don Miguers entire fleet was captuted, and distinguish-. ed himself throughont the action', - as well es on many other critical occasions, is ish the most admirable ceeleess and intre pidits. He has for several years held the rank. of poet-captain. in the Portuguese service, and will thus be entitled, we believe, to hoist the pendaiii of Her Most Faithful Majesty on the hand some vessel which has now been confided to his vale. We have gossipped Lather more lengthily than we intended about Portuguese affairs, but having just returned front a short trip to that country. we have bad the opportunity of ascertain ing With accuracy the few particulars which he have now com municated, and cc trust . we shall be excused for feeling some little temporary interest at least about a cottony where e e have recently enjoyed a few Weeks of pleasant recreation, and a Bich is so seldom visited except by - anent& bustuess, or by invalids. \Ve can assure our leaders that they . could nut undertske a More delightful pleasure excursion titan that which the de pathem artpre of the-Circassian now affords the opportunity of enjoying, The space, of two or three weeks would be amply sufficient for the whole trip, and it might he accomplished at a moderate expense. We have not left ourselves room to allude to the various objects of interest to be seen at Oporto and Lis bon. We may, however,' remind our readers, that the lines, drawn up fur the defence of these cities during the late warare in a state of almost perfect preservation, and ate an object of great interest. After what we have already stated, it . is hardly necessary to. add that the passengers who may go out by the Circassian can return by the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company's vessels, which leave Lisbon and Oporto with great regularity once a week, for Falmouth and London; or if they contemplate amore extended tour they.can proceed to Cadiz; Gieraltar, or the Mediterranean ; by the saute line of steamers. —Liverpool Chronicle. • STEA M-SIIIP CITY OF Gtasdow.—This favourite veseel de , servedly ranks as one of the finest steamers I bat enters thni . port. She arrived here on Wednesday, making the passage in less thau seventeen hours.and a hail. Wool) SA t.k.— We perteive that a very extensive wood sale is advertised to take place on Wednesday, at noon, on Ibis Harrington D,ick Quay. It will be the first auction held there. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The second gala at these Gardens,' (postponed front last evening in consequence of the rain,) takes place this evening. Should the weather prove favourable a very great-attendance may be anticipated, as those who had not the pleasure 'ol seeing the Vesuvius On Wednesday have had their curiosity raised, no doubt, the nattering reports which have been current respecting it: IL is truly a most .extraordinary.exhibition. The Apollo, frigate, whiiih sailed from, Quebec ou the 10th ult., arrived at. Falmouth on Saturday.. . The packet4hips Etigluhtl, captain White, .and Garrick, -Capt. Palmer, which sailed from this port on the 20th of Art!, reached New York . on the 11th of May, after ii:rtuarkably short passage, to she westward, of twenty-one No less than 2.500 passengers were conveyed alo n g the-Liver pool anti Mancaester Railway, on Friday, . The Liverpool and Matichoter . ltailw-iy . Pinipany have con , veyefi . since Sunday week, from : Manchester tO Liverpool, 10,177 passengers; audit' five days, 913 trom - Bolton: Cu ICKET.—A match at cricket will be played to.tnorrow, be tween the Cambridge and liverton Chins, on the ground of Pie latter, Shaw•street, Evertou. Wickets to be, pitched at half past two o'clock. Jones and Nlainwaring. the two men found guilty of than . - slaughter., in causing the death of a' young woman on- board'the Birkenhead .steamer, have..ueen liberated • on-bail. - They wail take their trial at the next. Chester assizes. . PA SSEAGEIiS BY IRa 13L I) AN.--1 he following is a list of the passengers by the Bland, Callan, •which arrived iu this port on Wednesday evening, from Calcutta :—Mrs Captain Abbott, Mrs. -Captain Ward, Mrs: 'Captain Parker, Mrs. Robinson, two ,Misies Atkinson . ; Bev: Mr. Proby. H.C.S; Bev. Mr. Chadwick ;' Capt. Abbott, Bengal Eogineers; Capt. Parker, 58th 8.N.1. ; Liebt.• Walker, *.Gtith 8.N.1.; Dr.• Clarkson, B. Med. Serv. ; Alesssrs. Douglas, I'. Atkinson and I'. Ostell,. five children. and tour Servants. We understand, that the London mail will arrive at teu o'clock on and after Tuesday next. - ' Bets to a considerab:e amount have been made, that the Royal William trill make a snot ter passage across ibe Atlantic, during the present year, than any other vessel by twenty-four hours; and two to one have been takeh, that sue does not make a passage shorter than ally otberby two days • SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH ate gratified on being shie to state, that the council, at its meeting on Wednes day, granted a piece of land at the foot of Lower Parliament street, for the purpose of erectUg a building suitable for this hospital. likspaTets.—A gentleman left Licetpool on . Ftiday after noon the two o'clock tiaiu to Miinehester, from thence pro ceeded to Ketsal Moor, witnessed two races. and returned to Liverpool by the seven h'ell , ek train, where he arrived a few m i nu t es , ifter eight o'clock, The distance performed is upwards of 78 wiles. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Thursday last, as a gentlenien, named Marsh, whose resici , lice is in Scotland-piece, was passing along near the end of Soho-street, he suddenly fell to the ground. He was immediately taken up•and carried to the shop of Me. Swift, druggist, at the bottom of the Crescent, when it was discoVered that he was dead. A medical gentleman, who was called in, gave it •as his opinion, that toe unfortunate gentleman had died of apoplexy. • ' • • IlioN oho W IrEHOUSES, 1? NCORN.-1 tis the intention or the inhaboants of Itoucorii to petition parlizment to 4.xteud t o thi s town the privilege of lowiliog goods. It this be gianted. it Atli be the Med ns of - bringiou Many tot eign vessels to this port, con signed direct 'froniabroad, p.triictil:iilv `front the Mediterranean. l'here is already dock ace.toinuitatio;, and water o v er the dock ,ails, durine quint.; tides, for vessels drawing 17 orAtrieet, or of ,burden of Sat tons.— Chester pap,.,., • • • - - it AUG tiTS.—A gentle:tan, from Nogrinl:.harn, celebrated throughout Enpl,n,l for his superior skill as the game, of draughts, ancl.mhe„ had beet' expected in Live, pool for severitt months hack, a, rived t. et Tuesday, and, after a oiti•ii of nine teen games, with a ge , itienlan long resident heir.: the contest ended in ten getups Ira. our townsman and tour for Nottingham. It was considered doubtful whether the Nottingham payer could have maintained equality isid..one or two mots ottt.rgeut ieioen who have liver toined themselves in a club. We question, indeed, wheihet the met.oin , in• itselt sours produer a player able to beat our townsman.—.4ibian. ROBBERY. — On Thursday, at the I . o'ice office, Mrs. Leonard, of the Derby Hotel,. Zoological Gaidetis, charged a female, named Elizabeth Brodie, with having robbed her ot"£l.9s. The .prisoner was formerly in the service of Mr. Leonard, and on Monday evening last she has requested to fetch some article from a room in which a box, errulaining the reieipti of the , Zoological Gardens, (£6 , ls) was lying, and the key' given to her for that purpose. Subsequently, on the box being examined, it was found that El 9s had been taken, and no one, except the prisoner, having been in the.room, the present charge was pre ferred. The prisoner was committed 'neural. . • . • Passengers by the packet-ship Europe, Captain Marshall which :arrived from New York on ,Satiirday Robert. Livoirgsten, and lady, of New: York ; Mr. Joseph Sill lady, three eliiiitren, and servant, of Pniladelphia; Mr. James Ames and lady. of Liverpool ; tl r. J. G. Gamines and lady, of New Orleans: Miss Burstard, Mrs. -Steele, Miss Lynch, Miss Eddews, Mrs. Blood, Mr. E. G. Marshall; Capt. Von Shantz, Russian Navy, bearer of despatches. fr orn Washington to the hussian Ambassador in London ; Sweeney, British Army. bearer of despatches from Sir John Colborne to Lord Glenelg Don Domingo de Gericmmnria. of Cuba ; Rev. F. S. Mines, of New York; Hon. 0. S. Smith and servant, of New York; Professor B. Morse, N.Y. Unitiirslty ; H. C. • Morse, Mr. Robert Goodhue, of New York': Mr. Cerestine and servant, of Italy;' Mr. Papanli and Servant, of Italy ; Dr. Holmes, D. Miller, • Mr:Todd, Mr. , Borstard, Mr. M'l.arlane, '• Mr. Beckwith. Mr. nerve, Mr. Ptgg. Mr.Wilsoncot Canada ; Mr. P. Paters,:n. Mr. Kerr, Mr. Lloyd, Thomas Askew. Esq.,, R. T. Kennedy, .Esq.. • . THE NLIY. STEA.MKR TIGER.--This steamer. belonging to the St. George Coinpanyonadeher first exi.er inieutai trip on I'hurs day ; and seldom have wei witnessed a' Snore gratifying proof of the ingermity•of Anon than this gallent.Yessei preserited., r Her form is - perfect symmetry, and utility. does she walk the water. Slit' is of the largest : class, her size preventing her admission into env Of the:Liverpool . docks. She is propelled by engines •of 300 horse Omer; With.expansive valves, and a fitted up 'with Mr. Sensual condensors : they are irons the manu factory ,of.. Mr. Edward Bury of this town, and , in beauty o structure,. combined . with strength and durability, challengef . competition; and we recommend any person desirous to see first-rate.'niactliiery to visit. the 'riger. The hed-pates and condensors, east in one piece, are a curiosity, ai d- tie al" formed..are he•enot mous weitibt of 16 tons end ; 13 vv. t.•aui.1.16 tons 6 ewt., respectively. *Her. speed 'is very. great; Qud, 'front her performance on thefirsrtrial, it is belieelishe will surpass; in this respect, any vessel out of the pert. We ectnglai tsitsre hers spirited company on the acquisition of such a boat ; and if, as' we have heard, they intend despatcbrug her to New York, we have that her passage will be Perfmmed' in fess - lime . than it his yet - been accomplished in. Go where 'she 'mes a ehvi will reflect yr eoit- (al .all parties concertteQ, and bugivesistheimit Ler, say we.—ellCion, i~ F^ _•~