The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-29 00:00:00

24.—Wind variable. Distance 245 miles. Lat. 48 35, lon 30 g* 22. Light breezes and clear weather. 25.—Wind variable. Distance 255 miles. Lat. 49 36, long. 24 16. Light breezes and clear weather. 26.—Wind variable, and N.E. by E. Distance 250 miles. Lat. 50 33, long. 17 41. Strong breezes and clear weather. 27.—Wind variable. Distance 244 miles. Lat. 51 7, long. 11 26. Light breezes and clear weather. At 630 IP .M. Cape Clear bore N. E. 3or 4 miles. 28 . — Received pilot on board at 4 40 P.M. off Point Lynas, and at 8 15 P.M. hove to off the Bell Buoy. LIST OF PASSENGERS ----- From Boston to Halifax.—Mr. and Mrs. Lyell, Franklin Dexter, F. G. Dexter, Einistis Priscott, Mrs. Allison, Miss Allison, David Eckley, Mrs. J. L. Starr, three children, and servant, G. A. Thompson, and servant, James H. 13raine, Mrs. Braine, and two children, Capt. Prittie, R. H. Dana, jun., G. R. Young, T. Dobson, Miss Sinclare-24. From Boston to Liverpool.—J. A. Herdwin, W. D. Oxley, H. Wikoff, Fanny Elssler and friend, Mr. Murray, J. De R. Carbonel, G. 11. llopley, Robert Bunch, Wm. Pitt Adams, Charles Sheridan, Felix Arganti, Frances Boykett, Lord Glames, Mark W. Collett, J. Sylvain, Frances Richards, G. H. De Wilde, James Daramon, Wilber Kelly, George Kelly, W. Pirrie, jun., Mr. W. Robinson, jun., H. M. Kuir and Lady, C. Custague, D. Castelli, Horatio Bland, Misses Dutey; Javier Correa, Mr. Butterfield, Robt. Bow den, T. Pollock, C. B. Turner, Mr. Isindom, Mr. Muir, James Gardner, James Cuthbertson, George Lea, C. M. Robinson, Robert Bunch's servant-41. From Halifax to Liverpool.--Mr. James Spray Morris and lady, Miss Morris, Mr. J. Bell, Mr. G. E. Morton, Miss M Black, Mr. E. Belling, C. Harris, Mr. Daniel, Capt. Swinburn, Mr. Jardure, Mr. Williams, Mr. Preston, Mr, Walker, Mr. Frasier, Mr. Grindley.--16. Total, 57. TO CORRESPONDENTS Through an inadvertance the dancing academy of Mr. Jas. R. Palmer was announced to be opened on the 26th instead of the 28th instant. We are authorised by the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to state that there is not a word of truth in the paragraph which has gone the round of the newspapers respecting a shocking and fatal accident said to have occurred on their line, near Parkside. A circular, signed Charles E. Rawlins, jun., has been sent to us, addressed Messrs. Lace and Addison, 4, St. George's-crescent, enclosi ng a copy of the inflammatory handbill circulars, recently upon the walls of the town, and informing us that " a person will call upon us on Friday, the 29th, or Saturday, the 30th instant, to request Tour names as members of the Anti-Corn -Law League." his, of course, is pure insolence, for which " a person," if he presume to introduce his person into our office, will stand a chance of having his head put under our water pipe. The object of the league, pointed out by the docu ment enclosed, is to screw a shilling out of such silly peo ple as choose to be made their dupes, under the fraudulent pretence of advancing the repeal of the Corn-Laws. What is the GUARDIAN SOCIETY doing that such palpable swindling is not put down ? ,- ebe Eiberpoot &tantiarb. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1842 The royal mail steamer Caledonia arrived last night from Halifax and Boston, and we were put in posses- sion of our files of papers at rather a late hour, but full details of the American intelligence will be found in another place. We did no t rece i ve t h e papers unt il near l y twe l ve o'clock, and if anything has escaped our notice in the hasty glance which we have been able to bestow on the papers, we will announce it in a subsequent edition. The whole course of remedy propounded by the Anti -Corn-law League, for the relief of the distress of the country, is SELFISH, FRAUDULENT, AND REVO LUTIONARY ! We have pledged ourselves to prove the correctness of this position. And what is the remedy in question ? A repeal of the corn-laws, and the unconditional admission into consumption in British markets of the slave sugar and coffee of Brazil. From the passing of these measures alone are to arise an instantaneous adjustment of the manifold entangle ments of British commerce. Manufactures are to receive an incalculable stimulus; unemployed thou• sands are to be rescued from beggary; crowded work houses and prisons are to be emptied of their occupants ; deserted shops are to be filled with purchasers ; our idle shipping is to be at once manned and employed ; and all this—so prophesy the league-men—by the mere enactment of laws to discourage the native agri culture of Great Britain, and to ruin her Colonial Empire. Manufacturing distress, then, is to be removed by the production of agricultural and colonial distress ; The theory of St. John Long is that in favour with the free-trade quacks of the anti-corn-law lengw. The sore upon the manufacturing portion of the body poli tic is to be cured by the production of a greater sore upon the agricultural portion of the same body. S EI,- FISHNESS is surely palpable here ! But, the working man ? For his benefit we are told these changes are devised. He is to have cheap bread, cheap sugar, and cheap coffee. Yes,—but he is to have REDUCED WAGES as well! Two million acres of British corn l ands —Cobden seipse testante—are to be put out of cultivation, and the tillers of those acres thrown upon the labour market ; and this when it is notorious that machinery is rapidly enabling the manufacturer to dis pense more and more with adult labour ; when it is notorious, too, that with our existing means of pro duction, and our present supply of hands, we could Meet a demand far greater than any which can possibly spring up as the result of a free trade in corn ; and when it is notorious that manufacturing industry is entirely unable to absorb that additional quantity which must be thrown upon it for employment. Surely, then, the pretence of consideration for the working man is FRAUDULENT ! But we shall have A CHEAP LOAF ! Again, the cuckoo cry is sounded upon our ears. CHEAP BREAD, CHEAP SUGAR, CHEAP COFFEE ! The working man will be able to consume more manufactured goods, be cause his income will not he exhausted in the purchase of food. Aye, when the liberal millocrat begins to forget self, and to regard a toiling fellow-being, who has feelings, thoughts, and memories, as something better than a machine of iron—when the leech changes its nature, and ceases to suck blood ! The working man have more money to buy clothing and comforts ! Aye, when the dogmas of political economy arc less regarded by liberal philosophers than the Scriptures w hich teaches that " the labourer is worthy of his hire ;" when the value of a working man's toil is re gulated by the amount upon which a thinking, reason ing being can live in comfort, and not by the price which it will bring—by the comparison of its cost with the labour of a machine, or by the amount of privation and wretchedness which broken-spirited man will endure RATHER TIIAN STARVE ! It Is fraudulent and false that the anti-corn-law manufacturers or the anti-corn-law party, generally, ca re One brass farthing for the working man. The anti -Corn-law cry is not the cry of the working man It is the cry of the gam bl er i n co tt on an d ca li co , w ho looks upon the gleam of temporary prosperity, which may follow the concession of his demand, as his last chance of escape from a gambler's fate. It is the cry the millocrat, w h o h as sunk his all i n the overgrown fuel° , r Y an d th e mac hi ner y w ith w hich he deluges every market, and who hopes to transfer his threatened losses and ultimat e ru i n to other s h ou ld ers. I t i s t h e cry o f the creditor of the joint-stock bank, who is pressed to Pay back the thousands of borrowed wealth which he lies squandered in speculation and extravagance—of mushroom upstarts, who are struggling to defer a little longer the declaration of their insolvency—of beggars, who have lorded it like princes, and for whom a gulf of beggary and shame is yawning —of crawling, creeping things, who have pirniit.,d and lied to f ee d th e van ity o f pick up brok en v i ctuals an d purseproud schemers, arld b een permitted, in retu r n, t o dripping, and to fill their pockets with the paltry plunder which the larger free booters throw from them as unworthy of their sublime notice. In a word, it is the cry of drowning, sinking, despairing ADVENTURERS, who would rush to a social revolution, dare any ruinou s odds, wade th rough any depth of dishonesty and injustice, and embrace THE ENEMY OF MAN HIMSELF, in the selfish and desperate hope of escaping that very fate which they are willing to precipitate upon those around them ! Let us examine closely if this be not so ! Let u s try if we cannot track the yelping and howling which are in our ears to the transfixed cur which is writhing in abortive rage upon his dunghill ! The actors of the anti-corn-law convention are at this moment venting their blasphemies and threats, their folly and their insolence, at the portals of both houses of parliament, and in th e very face of royalty. Let us draw aside th e curtain and i nspect the wires by w hi c h t h e puppets are moved ! Read first the following document, headed 4, Bank of Manchester, July 18, 1842, and signed, EDMUND BURDEKIN WILLIAM SMITH, managing directors ;" and bear in mind that the establishment in question, is the bank, par excellence, of the league party in Manchester ! " The directors of the Bank of Manchester think it proper to acquaint the proprietors, that important changes have re cently been made in the admiei4tration of the affairs of the company. Among the first consequences of these changes has been the commencement of a more careful analysis of the condition of the bank ; and it having been made manifest to the board of directors that they have hitherto over esti • mated the value of many of the outstanding balances, they have felt it their duty to refrain from declaring a dividend for the half year ending the 30th of June. Significant announcement! How irrisistibly the mention of the " important changes," the " careful analysis," and the inquiry into " the value of many of the outstanding balances," suggests visions of the sweating room--the bank parlour—with the official in quisitors fieaing some small whig insect, whom they dare stop, and handling tenderly some mammoth de faulter whom they dare not stop ! And when the sweating is over, we see the crushed insect drag itself to an anti-corn-law meeting to hum and twitter, whilst the ruffled and offended mammoth is ready to bluster and brawl, for the adoption of any policy which will only double his returns, and snatch him from the perils of a closed account. But. proceed with our bank circular : "The directors are deeply impressed with the conviction that it is alike due to their own characters and to the propri etors at large, that a full and explicit statement of the affairs of the company should be 'submitted at the approaching annual general meeting ; but as it is impossible to foresee what may be the actual value of the shares resulting from the searching investigation which is now in progress, it cannot be expected that they should here anticipate the communi cations to be made in the annual report." The " full and explicit statement" here mentioned would be an instructive document, indeed, if all the truth could only be told. What exorbitant advances to favorite customers—what Leviathan accounts upon pigmy security, would such a document exhibit! But a "full and explicit" history of the Bank of Man chester, we shall not be favoured with yet. That sig nificant allusion to " the value of shares," would, of itself, be sufficient to assure us that a cunningly glossed over sharebroker's statement is all that we are at present justified in looking for. We proceed to quote— " They would, however, beg to remind the proprietors in the meanwhile, that the failures which have been already announced, or may from time to time occur, among parties who are indebted to the bank, must be taken rather as an evidence of an altered system of management, than as afford ing grounds fur renewed apprehension ; and they venture to bespeak, on behalf of those who have undertaken duties of no ordinary difficulty, that :confidence and co-operation on the part of the proprietors (in allaying unnecessary alarm and mischievous excitement) which are indispensable to a calm and careful inquiry, and to an efficient protection'of the in terests of all parties concerned." An ominous hint here, gentlemen of the league ! THE SCREW is put on, and is about to be WRUNG TIGHT. We may look, we are told, for a few failures amongst you " from time to time." Perhaps that may in some measure account for the late superhuman energy, and excessive liveliness, of the league agitation ! The bank which set up its hundreds of lath and plaster fabrics is about to pull them down again. The gilded images of cement, which it has palmed upon the world as solid and golden, are about to be broken up, and the cheat displayed. We complain not of this. The world will not grieve over it. The Bank of Manchester, like other bodies, has a right " to do what it will with its own"—to set up puppets, or to pull them down--to lend its paper rags to men of substance or to beggars; but, we ask, is the safety of Great Britain to be perilled—is its native agriculture to be prostrated in ruin—are her noble colonies to he abandoned—is the whole fabric of her social policy to be subverted, because the Bank of Manchester, and other similar bodies, require back their own ; and the puppets they have set up and pampered are unwilling to be trundled back into their native insignificance and obscnrity ? But we are sick of this reckless, selfish, and dis honest faction. Let its hired emissaries, or its mem bers, rant and rave their fill. The world will only say of the former, " they must earn their weekly dole," and of the later, " There are more things in Heaven and earth Than are told of in your philosophy." HOLLOW PRETENDERS ! HYPOCRITICAL CHEATS are they all ! By the arrival of her Majesty's mail steamer Tweed, we are in possession of advices from Jamaica to the 2d instant, and from British Guiana to the 15th -Tune, from Cuba to the 26th June, from Hayti to the 28th June, from Turk's Island to the 30th June, from Nas sau to the 4th July, and from Bermuda to the loth July. The papers brought by this packet are unusually barren of interest. The scarcity of labourers is still the universal topic of complaint in British Guiana and Jamaica; and in the latter place indolence, theft, and burglary appear to have become the characteristics of a great portion of the negro population. Up to the last dates from Jamaica, trade continued heavy ; con fidence had not returned; bankruptcies were rife, and poverty in every shape was upon the increase. The banks had little to do ; the merchants less ; and the most useful class of the community—the industrious retailers and artizans—were proportionately distressed. For relief from this embarrassing and ruinous state of things, the colonists look up to the administration of colonial affairs by LORD STANLEY as their only hope. " With him," writes the Jamaica Standard, " it now rests whether the West Indies are to be sacri ficed, as valuable and creditable dependencies of the British Crown, or whether, by means of that power which is vested in him, he will adopt steps to provide those colonies with an immigration at once healthful and protective, and such as shall prove, by judicious management, as eminently beneficial to the emigrants as a source of salvation to the colonies themselves. Nor is this, we are fully convinced, at all Utopian in design, or difficult of realization. All that we require is, that, instead of attempting to civilize Africa by means of expensive and fatally calamitous Expedi tions,' the present slave factories should be converted into so many EMIGRATION DEPOTS, where each co lony should be allowed, under the express sanction and co-operation of government,, to engage as many labour ers as they can provide suitable accommodation for, in transitu, followed up by the necessary location and employment, when they shall arrive at their destina tion." Beyond all question, a serious burden rests at the present moment upon his lordship's shoulders. A prompt and vigorous effort, made in the right direction, may avert the doom which impends over the British West Indies. But, with a turbulent faction thundering at the doors of Downing-street for a free trade in the slave sugar of Brazil, and with restless demagogues in every town directing the passions of a suffering popula tion to such a step as the means of escape from their distresses, procrastination or half measures are equiva lent to a total denial of relief, and the doom of our colonies will be sealed for ever. A passenger by the Tweed states that when they touched at Cape Haytien it presented a most desolate and deplorable appearance, the result of the late disas trous earthquake. He represents the inhabitants as in a wretched condition, and suffering the greatest priva tions. Scarcely a house was left standing. The hull of the Medina was still ashore at Turk's Island, together with the machinery of the vessel, which had not been got out. The stores were all se cured. The captain and the purser were still on the spot superintending; but it was understood that the wreck had either been sold or was about to he disposed of. The Tweed brought home 200,000 dollars on mer. chants' account. The manufacturers of the Anti-Corn Law League appear to have imbibed the notion that the Govern ment of Sir Robert Peel has nothing to do but to re ceive and listen to the senseless chatter of any given number of persons who may choose to arrogate to themselves the name of " a deputation." On Mon day last one of these ambulatory nuisances foisted itself into the presence of no less than three of the members of the administration. Sir Robert Peel underwent the infliction of its presence for an hour or twoi ; Lord St an l ey h a d next a d ose, an d L or d Wharn a patiencelir e was mark e d out f or anot h er ; b u t hi s l or d s hi p ' s ed gave way under the prosy deluge which was discharged a gainst him, and although no less a per sonagethan M r . J ohn Brooks was about to enlighten him upon th e very difficult subject of a remedy for manufac turing dist ress, " big with s poor John and his compa peech," were bowed out of the triotig, room, " To waste their sweetness in the "- streets of Westminster, or- some of the taverns thereo, We have no wish to remark upon the variety of trumpery uttered by the intrusive wiseacres on this occasion. But we must be permitted to say a few words to one or two of the party who are somewhat old acquaintances of ourselves and our readers. It will be seen from the report of the interview with Sir Robert Peel, which is given elsewhere, that the deputation was asked by the right hon. baronet whe ther the government had not, by the alteration of the tariff, done something to mitigate the evils complained of. The reply of the deputation was given through the lips of a Quaker—our old friend HENRY ASH WORTH—and, of course, was disingenuous, quibbling, and indirect. The wily Quaker fenced with the ques tion ; and replied —not that the tariff as a whole, but— that " the reductions upon French boots, shoes, silk hats, and cosmetics, were not calculated to benefit the poorer classes." He was pressed by Sir Robert Peel, who apparently knew the kind of animal he had to deal with—that a Quaker's answer " Wasn't direct, 'twas serpentine," or like the motion of that patient quadruped, the ass, when a cruel urchin is urging him on with a spiked stick inserted in his hinder quarters.—" Will the intro duction of animal food not be a good thing for the poor ?" Surely a man of such extensive information as Henry Ashworth, could, for once, give a direct answer to so direct a question. But, not so. Henry Ashworth replied sideways. " From what had taken place in the House of Commons, he thought •there was no agriculturist who would now have the boldness to assert that he anticipated any material reduction of price." In plain words—for a Quaker's language generally requires to be interpreted—Mr. henry Ash worth meant to say, that the admission of foreign meat by the new tariff was no boon to the working Now, our readers cannot forget the connexion of this same Henry Ashworth with a brother humbug— George Thompson—touching a certain quantity of " fine fresh and tempting beef," with fat and lean beautifully mixed," which, at a certain anti-corn-law meeting held at Bolton, was exhibited, as being with held, by monopoly, from the working classes, although purchaseable at the trifling sum of three-halfpence a pound. The admission of this very beef, which, fine, fresh and tempting, as it was said to be, was, neverthe less, salt junk, our Quaker free trader maintained would be a boon of incalculable value to the working classes. And yet, now, the same humbug, Henry Ashworth, turns up his nose and elevates the white of his eyss at the very notion that any benefit could possibly arise from such a source! But we have, fortunately, a letter in our possession, which we have as fortunately preserved, dated 3rd mo. 8, 1842 (in civilized reckoning, the 3rd March, 1842), from the same arrant humbug, Henry Ashworth, upon the sub. ject of this very beef, the admission of which is to be of no benefit to the working classes. Hear the Henry Ashworth of that date ! " On the Ist January, I purchased from J. H. Rayner, of Liverpool, by our brokers, Win. Bower and Son, 4 barrels American Beef 2001bs. each, 2 do. do. Pork at 255. each, which is l ld. per lb. " The duty was 12s. per cwt. and five per cent over. The quality of both was excellent : it was easily sold, and left a profit." The main chance was all right, friend Ashworth ! But proceed with our Quaker's letter : "The English taste is not trained to the use of meat which has been so excessively salted "—a pity that is ! "but I am persuaded that our hardworking artizans would rejoice in giving their labour for such food, if they might be allowed to have it in an unspoilt state." Can anything, we ask, be plainer than this ? " Our hardworking artizans would rejoice in giving their la bour for suc,l if they could have it in an unspoilt state"—if they could have it unsalted. Well, the tariff of Sir Robert Peel allows them to have it in an unspoilt state. The same beef which was so fize,fresh, and tempting when salted—which could be imported at three-halfpence per pound, and which paid three halfpence per pound duty—is now permitted to be imported unspoilt at less than a penny a pound; and yet we are told by this Quaker, that the tariff is no howl to thv wuthiiig clasbcs: What right has SUch humbug, who is of one opinion to-day and another to-morrow, to foist his drab person into the presence of Sir Robert Peel, as the carcase of a philosopher, when his word is not worth the dust which adheres to his drab gaiters ? We might apologise to friend Henry Ashworth for having quoted the awkward admissions in the letter above ; but a postscript to the document itself says expressly—" Thou may use this letter in any way which may best serve the purposes of truth and the advancement of free trade." We have used it to ad vance the purposes of truth. Whether it is calculated to advance free trade, is Henry Ashworth'a affair—not ours ! We had a few words to say to Mr. Alderman Chap pell, who had the entire case, as to the existing distress and its remedy, in a nutshell. As the nutshell in ques tion, however, is not Mr. Alderman Chappell's hat, we must crack the nut at some future opportunity. Our attention has been directed to an absurd, though intended to be witty, paragraph, which disgraced the columns of our contemporary of Monday last. The paragraph in question is, in itself, beneath con tempt, and only worthy of notice as an evidence, were such wanting, of the low condition of that degraded thing which, in these latitudinarian days, is miscalled LIBERALISM. It would appear that a Conservative member of the Council has chosen the Socinian-radical neighbourhood of Gateacre for the summer residence of himself and his family. Some sneaking eaves-dropper, finding no opportunity to attack the private character of this gentleman, has broken down those barriers which civilization has raised for the protection of a man's domestic privacy, and attempted, by a vulgar carica ture, to ridicule the occupations of the councillor. We know and despise the contemptible author of this contemptible effusion, but we are not surprised If calumny, distorted truth, low cunning, and ribald buffoonery mark the fleeces of any of the flock of the Unitarian Shepherd, what wonder ? Let the slander ous vituperation heaped upon John Gladstone, the Rev. the junior Rector, and others of the most re spectable, and therefore most abused, inhabitants of Liverpool, be the answer ! But the subject nauseates us. We must, _however, give the caution, to furnish which induced these remarks. Conservatives! beware of the spy oyetoni of G.t q.v., A enn ! In ohoocing your country quarters, select a district in which there are fewer WASPS and more GENTLEMEN. CORRESPONDENCE. THE LATE PHRENOLOGICAL DISCUSSION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,—As I am almost daily receiving letters from Liver pool, urging me to take some notice of Mr. Rumball's scur rilities, I shall feel obliged if you will allow me shortly to state why I have not thought it necessary to do so. In the first place they are so coarse, and so palpably in correct to all acquainted with the proceedings, that they must refute themselves. And in the second place, the course he has adopted is altogether irregular ; and I cannot see that because he does wrong, I should do wrong also. Mr. Rum ball's glossings are either intended to influence those who were at the discussion, and whose judgments he feels were against him ; or else unworthily to influence those who were not present, by his ex-parte statements, which equally offend every sense of propriety, and indeed common honesty. Mr. Rumball challenged me, and I met him. lam quite satisfied to leave the issue with those who heard the debate, and who alone are competent to give an opinion npon it. Why is not Mr. Rumball willing to let the matter rest there also? The reason must be plain to every one, namely, be cause he feels he thoroughly broke down, and th at t h e sense of a great portion of that meeting was ag a i ns t hi m. To fol low him in his abuse is out of the que s ti on . H a d I less effectively answered his arguments, he would not have abused me ; but because I completely demolished his pro fessional system, he is angry, and scolds. lam proud of his abuse, although, for his own sake, I deeply regret it. I will trouble you with only one of the many contradi c ti ons I have received to Mr. Rumball's indecencies. " The Committee which consented to act on behalf of Mr.. Brindley, during his late discussion on phrenology, having been applied to by that gentleman for an opinion on the following charge, made against him by his oppon en t , M r. Rumball—to wit, " I charge him with wilful and premedi tated falsehood throughout the whole of the proceedings"_ feels called on, by a due regard to truth, to state that such charge is totally unfounded. `.:: T H o o s H s E N p ol ia l UE D IRI I si N LT A s A Noy " 22nd July, 1842." I have in my possession, in addition to the above, a letter from each member of my committee, and from the whole of the chairmen, with the exception of Mr. Rumball's personal friend and phrenological supporter, Dr. Thorburne. Magna est veritas, et pravalebit. I am Sir, &c. JOHN BRINDLEY. Chester', July 26th, 1812, LOCAL NEWS. PENN'S BATllS. — Strangers now in town for the purpose of bathing are referred to the address of Mrs. Penn, in our paper to-day. In the convenient and excellently-arranged Corporation Baths will be found every comfort the invalid or valetudinarian can desire. IMMENSE ARRIVALS OF FOREIGN GRAlN.—During the last week not less than fifty cargoes of grain, five-sixths of it wheat, have arrived in this port from foreign countries. Of this immense quantity not less than eighteen cargoes of wheat arrived on Sunday. DEATH FROM DROWNING.—An inquest was held yester day before Mr. Statham, the deputy coroner, on view of the body of Qualtrough, a boy of eight years old. It appeared that on Wednesday afternoon, the deceased who resided with his father, a rigger, in Cotton-square, Stanhope-street, went with five other boys to play in a field at Windsor, where some other boys were fishing for jack-sharps in a pit. One of the latter offered the deceased a halfpenny to swim to a cob of earth in the middle of the pit, which he did with ap parent ease; but before he reached the opposite side, on leaving the cob, he held up his hand and called for help. A young man named Carroll, a brass finisher, went into the water, and deceased seized hold of him, in such a manner that he was himself nearly drowned in the struggle to get him out. The deceased then sunk. Nearly three hours elapsed before the body was found. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.—An inquest was yesterday held before H. H. Statham, Esq., deputy coroner, on view of the body of Alice Phillips. The deceased was the wife of William Biston Phillips, a Custom-house officer, and it appeared was addicted to hard drinking, and bad fre quently been intoxicated during the last fortnight. Tile husband when he found her intoxicated, and when he him self was also in liquor, was heard by the neighbours (in Rafe-street, Great George-street, where the parties re sided) to beat her ; and as .she died suddenly on Wednes day, and he was heard on one occasion to say that he wished she was dead, he was taken into custody. It appeared, how ever, from the evidence of Mr. Samuel Bromielaw,_ surgeon, of 34, Great Geo rge - street, and who was called in, but found her dead in bed, that death was caused by excessive drinking, and not from blows. This was deduced from the appearances internally exhibited on the post mortem ex amination. There were some marks on the neck and face, but if these were produced by blows they were not of recent infliction. From the appearances of the heart, lungs, &c., Mr. Bromielaw was of opinion that death might possibly have been caused by sudden fright, or running fast up stairs ; (which the deceased did when her husband returned home, as if afraid of being again beaten by him ;) but on the whole he considered that she had died from excessive drinking. The jury returned a verdict accordingly, and the prisoner was discharged, and afterwards statesl in evidence that the deceased was about 33 years of age. MEETING OF THE DOCK Comurttzu.—The following members were present at the meeting of the Dock Committee yesterday :—Messrs. Sands, (chairman,) Horsfall, Barclay, Holt, Aikin, Molyneux, Mellor, Evans, Bold, Bulley, Chil ton, Middleton, Shand, Martin, Holmes, Nicol, and Tobin. The Surveyor reported that the transit sheds would render it necessary for ships to be discharged on the west instead of the east side of the Prince's Dock. There are four cranes on the east side for the discharging of vessels, and the Surveyor requested permission to erect five on the west side, one to each alternate ship's berth. The cost would be about £7BO, and each crane would be capable of lifting about seven tons. —Granted. The Surveyor stated that he had heard it re ported on 'Change that the transit sheds were giving way. He had examined them himself, and sent others to examine them also ; and he found that there was no truth in the statement. Mr. Horsfall.—Did any person capable of judging of it tell you of it? The Surveyor.—lt was Mr. Chapman who spoke to me on the subject. (" Hear," and laughter.) The receipts of dues at Runcorn for the month were reported to be £42 12s. 7d., being less by £3O than those of the corresponding period of last year. An applica tion from the Captain of the American ship Isabella, for the sum of £l3, paid by him for damage done to his vessel in consequence of the projection of the wall at Waterloo Dock Pier, was refused. Some repairs were or dered in the Dock Police Stations, and, after disposing of some financial matters, the committee separated. SIR THOMAS BRANCKER.—We take the following well merited eulogium on this gentleman from the Courier of Wednesday last, and need scarcely say we concur heartily with every word of it :—" We cannot help congratulating the town at large on the judicious selection made by the Council of a fit and proper person to fill up the vacancy caused by the ousting of Mr. R. E. Harvey. We know of no man in the town who has higher claims than Sir Thomas Brancker, nor any one more competent to assist by his counsel the delibe rations of the municipal body. Sir Thomas has been long considered by the legal profession to be one of the best ma gistrates on the bench, and his conduct has been always straightforward and consistent. His long acquaintance with the Corporate estate, his great local information, and the cir cumstance of his having served the office of chief magistrate with the highest credit, give him additional claims upon the great Conservative body which it would have been impossible for them to have overlooked. He has always been a sincere and uncompromising Conservative : and at a time when Con servatism was less popular than it is at present he cheerfully stood forward as the advocate of constitutional principles, and was deservedly placed at the head of that body of men who formed the Conservative Association. Through evil re port and good report he has never yielded one i o t a o f hi s principles, but maintained his ?pinions with inflexible perse verance, until he has had the high gratification of seein,gthem in every way triumphant. No man ever heard from the lips of Sir Thomas any expression of unkindness towards a poli tical antagonist. Good temper and good humour seem in inherent in his disposition; and we hope hi s p resence i n t h e Council Chamber may assist in allaying some of that intem perate heat which occasionally exhibits itself in certain mem bers of the municipal body, and which derogates from the dignity as it often brings into contempt the proceedings of the municipal body. Previously to the election of alderman we took the liberty of directing attention to Sir Thomas ; and we have one more wish concerning him. It is, that the Council may immediately recommend him to th e Home office for reinstatement in pie magistracy, as the m un i c i pa l bill deprived the town of his services in that capacity. We are quite sure that there is not one man of good f ee li ng i n t h e t.twn. whatever inny ha hi. political opinion., who .*curd not rejoice to see Sir Thomas Brancker placed again on the bench, for which his former experience and high character so eminently qualify him." PHYSICIAN TO THE NORTH DISPENSARY.—On Wednes day a general meeting of the Governors of the Dispensary was held in the Board-room, for the purpose of electing an honorary physician to the North Dispensary, an office vacant by the removal of Dr. Vose to the Infirmary. The Rev. Mr. Tetl ow rose to propose D r . Peter Baird as a fit and proper person. In doing so he thought it necessary to state his (Dr. B a i r d' s ) connex i on w i t h t h e town of Liverpool, and the qualifications he possessed to entitle him to the support of the subscribers. Although he might be a stranger to many of the trustees, s till hi s name an d connexion with the town were well known to most of them. His brother had filled the situation of phy s i c i an t o sev eral of their most valuable charitabl e i ns ti tut i ons i n t h e t own with zeal and ability. The qualification he himself possessed was a 15 years' practice both at home and abroad in the service of his country ; and he (Mr. Tetlow) thought that any person who was at all acquainted with the energy, zeal, and attention re quired in gentlemen called on to fill those situations must feel some confidence that Dr. Baird would exert the same zeal, energy, and ability towards promoting the best interests of the present institution. His qualifications had moreover been examined and found satisfactory; and, therefore, he (Mr. Tetlow) thought it a duty to propose him as a fit and proper person to be elected to the vacant office. Mr. Lister said he was very happy to h ave th e p l easur e of seconding Mr. Tetlow's proposal; and though he did not know much of Dr. Baird personaliy, yet, the circumstance of that gentleman being abroad in different climates was, he thought, rather in his favour, for this r e ason , th a t sa il ors an d others coming to Liverpool were often afflicted with diseases which had been contracted in tropical and distant climates. Dr. Baird might be of very e ssen ti a l use i n cases o f th e ki n d, while an infusion of such professional gentlemen might do a little good to the home-bred ones. (Hear, and a laugh.) No other gentleman having been proposed, the Chairman de clared Dr. Baird unanimously elected, and congratulnted that gentleman on the fact of his havi ng b een appo i n t e d without opposition. Dr. Baird returned thanks, and the meeting separated. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTERRAILWAY.—On Wednes day, the half-yearly general meeting of this company was held in the Cotton Sales Room for the purpose of declaring a dividend. The chair was taken by John Moss, Esq., in the absence of Charles Lawrence, Esq, who was unable to at tend in consequence of a d omes ti c ca l am ity. M r . B oo th read the report, which commenced by noticing the c on t es t between the railway and the canal companies, and, by which the receipts in the merchandise department had been se riously curtailed. The gross receipt s i n eac h d epar t men t o f the company's business had decreased as compared with the corresponding period of 1841. In the coaching department the decrease for the half-year, as compared with the corres ponding period of 1841, amounted to £4649. In the loco motive power department the half-year's disbursements were considerably less than they had hitherto been. Since the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors in January last, the directors have been authorised by a special meeting, held on the 20th April, to proceed with an amended line of railway from Ordsall-lane across the lands of the Manchester, Bol ton, and Bury Company, to join the Manchester and Leeds line at Hunt's Bank. For this purpose it was necessary to apply to parliament for authority to make the deviations re quired by the amended line, especially to carry the same through the lands of the Old Quay, and of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Companies, and along the north-west side of Upper Booth-street, Salford, which was necessary in order to effect an independent line of communication between the Liverpool and Manchester and the . Manchester and Leeds Railways. • The junction line, when completed, would form an integral part of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The act of parliament had been obtained, and nearly the whole of the land between Orsdall-lane and Hunt's Bank had been purchased at prices very little, if at all, exceeding the estimates. The houses and other buildings which occupy the site of the intended line from New Bailey -street to Hunt's Bank would speedily be cleared away ; and the engineer was now engaged in preparing specifications for contracts for the new works which were to be erected in their place. The authority of the proprietors would be requisite to enable the directors to receive on loan, under the authority of the act of 2d of Victoria, sess. 1839, such sums of money as might be necessary to complete the purchases of the land, and de fray the cost of the intended works. The di rec t ors next submitted a statement of the receipts and disbu rsemen t s f or the half-year, from which it appeared that the former had amounted to £114,076 15s Bd, and the latter to £59,580 I2s 10d. leaving a net profit for the half-year of £51,496 2s 10d. They also submitted a statement of the receipts and disburse ments on the capital accounts ; and they wound up their re port in the following terms! — ' By the foregoing accounts it appears, that the net proceeds for the half-year amount to £54,496 210 " To this must be added tlp surplus aft er paying the last half-years dividend .... 1,122 9 7 " Making: £62,618 12 5 "The directors recommend a dividend of A.:5 per share, on 12,090 hundred pound shares, amounting to ....... "Which being deducted from thenett proceeds above stated will leave a balance of .... £2,168 12 5 "This balance, or s° much as may b e necessary for the purpose, the directors, with the sanction of the proprietors, intend to appropriate to the payment of the income tax, which will soon be chargeable onthe co m p any f or s i x mon th s from the sth of April la st ; carrying forward the remainder to the credit of the next half- year s account. By the pro visions of the act of parliament authorising the income tax, parties legally exempt from this tax may rece i ve a certificate from the treasurer of the company stating the amount of tax paid in re s p e ct of their particlar dividends, which will enable the property tax co mmissioners to orde r th e return o f t h e taxi so declardd to have been paid. Mr. Robinson moved the adoption of the report and that the directors be em powered to borrow the mone y re quisite for the object stated in the report. Mr. Tayleure seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. motion was th en put an d carried, for the payment of a dividend of 5/. per share, which Mr. Booth announced would be payable on the 9th August. The proeeedings did not last more than 20 minutes. ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMIN.OHANI AND DERBY RAIL WAY.---A fine horse, employed in the luggage department on this line, was run over by all up - train, on Th urs d ay last, at the B ur t on - on -Trent station. The h orse was killed lu., stautly, the driver having a narrow escape ; but the train was not delayed. TonAcco CASE.—Two men, Martin Moran and Martin Smith, were yesterday charged at the Police-court with offering for sale about 111 b. of leaf tobacco. They were stated to be lurnpers; and as it was suspected that they had taken it from some vessel which they were unloading; they were remanded, in order that the owner might, if possible, be found. STEALING FROM A SHOP. — Yesterday, at the Police court, a boy, named Joseph Hunt, was charged with being one of the gang of six, who, on the previous day, had gone into a shop in Exchange -street East, and stolen a quantity of cigars, at twelve o'clock in the day. He had before been five times committed. The case was proved, and he was consigned to the same punishment as his comrogues—namely three months' imprisonment and hard labour. NEGLECT OF FAMlLY.—Michael Small, a master mariner, was on Wednesday brought before Mr. Rushton, at the in stance of Mr. Evans, of the Parish-office, who stated that for the last ten years the prisoner had been in the habit of leaving his wife and child chargeable to the parish ; that during that time he had never paid anything towards their support; and, that there was now due from him £lO Bs. It appeared that he had been committed for a month in 1839. Mr. Rushton said that he should do his duty with firmness in such a case, and committed the prisoner to hard labour for three months in Kirkdale-gaol. MONSTROUS CONDUCT OF A PARENT.—At the Police court yesterday, a very tiny lad, apparently not more than eight or nine years of age, was brought before Mr. Rushton at the Police -court, to be disposed of, he having been found destitute in the street, and put into Bridewell for safety. He stated to the officers that he had a mother, who sent him out a begging; that on Saturday he had got Is. ; on Monday, ls.; on Tuesday, 6d. ; which he had taken to her; but that on Wednesday, having got only a halfpenny, he was afraid to go home, as he would be beaten. Mr. Rushton sent him (along with some other children, similarly found in the streets), to the overseers, intimating that the mother should be found out and indicted. STEALING A SOVERElGN.—Yesterday, at the police court a seout man in a flock shirt, named Luke Kelly, was brought up on this charge. It appears that, on the Ist instant, the prisoner went to a country man in London-road, who had a cart .load of coals on sale. He said he could find him a customer, and took him to the house of a female in Shannon street, who agreed to take the coals, and after seeing them weighed, produced a sovereign to pay for them. The vender had not change, and the prisoner took the sovereign out of the woman's hand, saying he would soon get change. He went off for that ostensible purpose, but did not return. On Wednesday he was seen in the street by the carter, who in stantly recognised him and gave him into custody. He was committed for trial at the sessions. PETTY THEFTS BY SERVANTS.—Yesterday, two decent looking servant girls, Jemima Lloyd and Catherine Davies, and a youth named Thomas Lloyd, brother of the former, were placed at the bar of the Police-court, the two former on a charge of stealing, and the latter on a charge of receiv ing some currants and butter, the property of a Mrs. Ruckley. That lady stated, that the girls were servants in her house. A police-inspector said, he saw the male prisoner with a small basket in the street, and not receiving a satisfactory account from him of its contents, he took him into custody, and, upon enquiry, discovered the owner. It contained one pound and a quarter of butter, and about one pound of currants. The girls said they had saved the articles out of what was allowed them for their own use. Mrs. B. said, that formerly they had each an allowance of so much butter, &c., a-week, but she had given up this system for the last six months, and the currants resembled others (produced) which she had in the house. The boy was committed for seven days, and the girls were remanded. COMMITMENTS TO THE ASSlZES.—Yesterday, at the Po lice-court, Thomas Doyle, William Doyle, John Keenan, John M`Donald, Sarah Jones, and Elizabeth Hallam, all young persons, who were some time ago committed to take their trial at the sessions for two distinct felonies, were again placed at the bar, in order that they might be committed for trial at the approaching assizes—the recent penal act having come into operation, which restricts the commitment of offenders to the sessions, in all cases in which the punishment that follows conviction would amount to more than seven years' transportation. It will be rembered that they were charged with stealing a watch, on the 22d of May, two odd gloves, a pair of spectacles, &c., the property of Jas. Rimmer, who was knocked down by some of them, and so injured in the head that his life was for some time despaired of; and that they were further charged with breaking into the shop of Mr. Joel Hart, pencil-maker and tobacconist, Dale-street, on or about the same night, and stealing therefrom 41bs. of cigars, some tobacco, a large quantity of pencils, some snuff boxes, &c. &c. Several of the articles stolen, in both cases, were found upon them in the house where they were all dis covered, shortly after the robberies. The witnesses were again called, the property identified, and the depositions read; when they were all committed to the assizes.—A young man named Edward Mercer, who had also been committed for trial to the sessions, for breaking open the premises of Mr. Charnball, veterinary surgeon, Shaw's-brow, on the 26th of May, and stealing a number of articles of wearing apparel, &c. was also brought up and similarly committed to the assizes. THE SESSIONS.— On Wednesday afternoon, six men, Thomas Thomas, Wm. Simpson, William Hornby, Joseph Roper, John Crane, and Robert Jones, were tried before the Recorder for stealing five sovereigns and other monies, together with other articles, the property of Mr. William Pugh, on the 3d instant. The particulars of this singular case appeared in our paper on the prisoners being committed. They were all found guilty, and were yesterday morning sentenced to ten years transportation. After sentence was passed the prisoners, who are old offenders, made a desperate attempt to escape from the dock, and some of them would probably have succeeded had there not been a strong police force present in the court.—Yesterday, five men, William Hall, Thomas M`Ghee, William Sumners, Thomas Bury, John Crowther, and a boy. Austin Keenan, were also tried and found guilty before the Recorder, of having stolen, on the evening of Saturday week, 33 sovereigns and three £5 notes, from the person of Mrs. Hay, by jostling her and picking her pocket, while she was walking home from the pier-head with her husband, at the bottom of Redcross-street. Some particulars of the case appeared in the STANDARD of Friday last. The two last-named prisoners were apprehended after te commitment of the others, and the whole of them, it is slgd, belonged to a large and formidable gang of pick pockets in Manchester, of which the men who robbed Mr. .vore also part. The money, with the exception of one £5 note, was not recovered—some others of the party having escaped with it. The prisoners Hall and Keenan were found guilty, and were sentenced to 10 years' transportation. The others were acquitted for want of sufficient evidence. LICENSED VICTUALERS SOCIETY.—The anniversary of the Licensed Victuallers' Society of Liverpool and its vicinity was celebrated on Wednesday evening by a public dinner at the Amphitheatre, Great Charlotte-street, to which about 500 sat down at four o'clock. The spacious building presented a very animated appearance on the occasion. From the walls were suspended a variety of flags belonging to different societies in the town. At the back of the stage, the letters "V' A." and the crown were very handsomely exhibited in jets of gas. The letters " V. A.," in ga s , were also very prominent in front of the dress boxes. The president's table was placed at the front of the stage, from which six other tables ex tended in a horixontal form down the front of the building, along which the company sat. Four other tables were placed on the stage, which accommodated a considerable number of persons. The boxes were graced with the presence of some hundreds of fashionably-dressed females—the rela tives and acquaintances of the company. The chair was oc cupied by James Mellor, Esq., and the vice-chair by W. R. Bardswell, Esq. On either side of the president we noticed Councillors A. Smith, Cooper, Jones, Kilshaw, Trotman, Isaac Holmes, and other gentlemen. Parker's Royal Chel tenham band was placed in the gallery, and played some beautiful and appropriate airs during, as well as after, dinner. The entertainment was provided by Mr. Hamer, of the York Hotel, in his usual profuse and excellent man ner. The wines were also provided by Mr. Hamer, and were of the choicest and most delicious qualities. Shortly after the cloth had been withdrawn, the chairman with ,a few appropriate introductory remarks to each, proposed the fol lowing toasts :- -4 The Queen, and long may she reign in the hearts of her people." "Their Royal Highnesses, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal." " The Queen Dowager, and the other branches of the Royal Family." " The Army and Navy." The chairman then gave " Prosperity to the Licensed Victuallers' Society of Liverpool and its vicinity." After explaining the objects of the society, he went on to say that since the commencement of the meeting various donations and subscriptions had been received to the amount of £l3O. He expressed a hope that every licensed victualler in the town would become a sub scriber to the society, and said that the subscription was only 10s. a-year. The society did not mean to protect people in doing wrong. It protected them when they were under false accusation or misrepresentation, either from the police or any other quarter, or when they were oppressed by the [Two boys and four girls, the objects of the society's care, were here presented to the meeting. They were very excise neatly attired, and respectful in their — demeanour.] Mr. Robinson, the secretary, said it devolved upon him to give the meeting as concise an account as he could of the state and circumstances of the society for the past year. It had been a year of very great business to their committee, and one which had demanded serious attention. There had been a considerable accession of members during the year. He had also to inform them that there remained a clear surplus after the late ball at the Town-hall of £123 8s Id, which would be solely applied to the building and charitable fund. In reply to the general question asked, be had to inform the public that the leading objects of the society were protection to the trade in all its legal and vested capital. In conclusion, he observed that there had been an increased degree of warmth among the members of the trade, and reminded the meeting that " union is strength." Several other toasts were then proposed, and the company separated about ten o'clock, after having spent a most delightful evening of hilarity and enthusiaim.. IMPOSITIONS OF SAILORS ON CAPTAINS OF SIIIPS.—At the Police-court, yesterday, Captain Tilley, of the ship " Ocean Queen," appeared to answer the com pl a i n t o f a seaman named James Waters, who preferred a claim of a considerable amount, for wages alleged to be due. The ap plicant stated that he had shipped by the vessel from this port at so much per month, that he had performed the voyage in her, but was refused his wages. The captain, in his de fence, proved, by himself and several of his crew, that the complainant had shipped as an able man, but that, on the fourth day after leaving this port, he had given up all kind of work—even refusing to pick oakum—alleging that he had hurt his foot, when it was discovered that his limb had been injured before he embarked, and that he had a large shoe on, made to conceal his lameness. It was shown, too, that lie received no injury in the ship, and that he did not do " a hand's turn" for the ship during the whole of the rest of the voyage, but busied himself in making clothes, hats, &c., for the crew, and " spinning long yarns to amuse the men on the forecastle." Mr. Rushton said that the complainant had undoubtedly practised an imposition on the captain, and dis missed the complaint. Another sailor, named Robert Roberts, claimed wages at the rate of 355. a month, for a long voyage with the ship Mary, Capt. Hawkins. The cap tain said he had offered him his wages at the rate of 20s. a month, as he had shipped as an ordinary seaman, but was good for little or nothing, as he was so blind that he could not even swab the decks properly. Mr. Rushton considered the amount offered very handsome, and ordered payment accordingly. NEW STARCH.—GOOD NEWS FOR WASHERWOMEN.— A few packages of a newly-invented starch were left at the Standard office a day or two ago (of which an advertise ment will be found elsewhere), accompanied by the odd request, that we would try its merits. Although we can boast of some knowledge of arts and sciences, the laun dresses' craft is not amongst them ; we, therefore, placed the packages in the hands of one of the softer sex, and asked her for her opinion. She declares, " She never seed sich starch in all her life. I t is strongerer, stifferer, and whiterer than any ever she met with, and thinks that any one trying it for vonce, vill never use not no uther." Mr. Popjoy says, that if it be true, he intends to make a present of a package to his washerwoman, as the state of his collar (his only one) often raises his choler. lie thinks it is a bard case for a man to have only one piece of linen, and that that can't be kept clean. TOWN -HALL, BIRKENHEAD.—Mr. J. Russell, who has been delighting the crowds of visitors at the Mechanics' In stitution, with his amusing lectures on character, delivered one on the same subject, at the Town-hall, Birkenhead, on Tuesday last. The room was completely filled with fashion and, as is on which Mr. J. on all occasions aßbulesseclolmhapsalleyAured, the utmost delight was experienced. His charming songs and pleasant anecdotes were received with unbounded applause and satisfaction. In fact we never S witnessed e adt a more o t b y, Mr. Russ e ll g i ves a lecture p d o e r l t ig n h e t x e t d w a e u e d k it , or and we Can promise the ga od folks, whether strangers or residents of th a t c h eer f u l little watering place, that they will have a grea t t reat i n it listening to him. NORTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) The Summer Assizes for the Northern Division of this County commenced on Tuesday_ last, beford Lord Chief Justice Denman and Mr. Justice Maule. The business, however, is more than usually light, the calendar containing the names of twelve prisoners for trial; and the cause list only an entry of nine causes. On Wednesday morning the Lord Chief Justice attended Divine Service in the parish church, when the Assize Sermon was preached by the Chap lain to the High Sheriff. CROWN SIDE w EDNESDAY. (Before the Lord Chief Justice) Shortly after . : twelve o'clock this day his Lordship took his seat on the bench, when the usual preliminaries having been complied with, the following gentlemen were sworn THE GRAND JURY: — JOHN WILSON PATTEN, Esq., M.P. Bank Hall, Foreman, Thos. Batty Addison, Esq., Preston, John Armstrong, Esq., Lancaster, Edmund Richard Gale Braddyll, Esq., Conishead Priory, Clarence Braddyll, Esq., Ditto, Wm. Clayton, Esq., Lostock, Thos. Bright Crosse, Esq., Shaw Hill, Pudsey Dawson, Esq., Hornby Castle, Joseph Fielden, Esq., 'itton, William Garnett, Esq., Bleasdale Tower, William James Garnett, Esq., Ditto, Samuel Horrocks, Esq., Lark Hill, Daniel Hamby, Esq., Raikes Hall, James Lomax, Esq., Hall Springs, Thomas Lowndes, Esq., Preston, George Marton, Esq., M.P., Capernwray Hall, John Master, Esq., Croston, James Pedder, Esq., Ashton, Myles Sandys, Esq,, Graythwaite, Win. Allen Francis Saunders, Esq., Hennington Hall, John Stewart, Esq., Nateby Hall, John Plumbe Tempast, Esq., Tong Hall, Robert Henry Welch, Esq., Leek. The proclamation against vice, profaneness, and immo rality having been read by the Clerk of the Crown, the Lord Chief Justice proceeded to deliver his charge to the Grand Jury. His Lordship said he had great satisfaction in ad dressing a full Grand Jury of this great county upon the pre sent occasion, and more particularly as the calendar was not of such a nature as would impose upon them any difficulty in the performance of their duty, nor were there cases in it which reflected shame or disgrace on that part of the county. Ile well knew that one cause of the lightness of the calendar arose from the fact of the magistrates in quarter sessions clearing away a vast mass of offence which it would be im possible for the judges to dispose of in the ordinary course of business. An act had recently passed by which the juris diction of justices in quarter sessions was more particultirly enumerated, but he did not think that would have much effect, for although it took from the quarter sessions eighteen different kinds of offence, those offences were of such a com plicated nature that it was very rare for the quarter sessions to deal with them at all. His Lordship then proceeded to observe that many attempts had been made to relieve the Hall Courts from the fatigue and labour attendant on the administration of justice where the population is so dense, and crime, therefore, frequent. The matter had frequently been discussed in parliament, and lie had reason to believe that the matter was now under the consideration of the go vernment •, but he thought it by no means desirable that offences should be disposed of without the intervention of a jury, still it was worth whileto iriquire 'whether some inter mediate mode might not be adopted by . which the attendance of jurors might not be so heavy at session and assizes. He knew no better mode of accomplishing that than by directing the attention of magistrates to the subject. The learned Judge then proceeded to give the Grand Jury some direction on the nature of several cases likely to occupy their atten tion, and concluded by dismissing theni to their duties. THE CLITHERO ELECTION. The following parties, against whom true.bills were found at the last assizes, for bribery and attemptink to give false votes at the last election for the borough of Clithero, but whose trials were put off to the present assizes, on the appli cation of the coudsel for the prosecution, were this day arraigned, when Mr. Sergeant MURPHY stated that he should offer no evidence on behalf of the crown, and in con sequence verdicts of not guilty were recorded. ROBBERY IN A. BROTHEL. Margaret Park, the keeper of a brothel in Ulverston, was charged with stealing a sum of money amounting to nearly £l4, from the person of Daniel Grant, at Ulverston, on Thursday last, and John Dixon was charged with being pre sent, aiding and assisting. Mr. Hurton appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins for the defence. The brief facts of the case were, that on Thursday night last the prosecutor went to the house kept by the female prisoner, in a state of intoxication, and had his purse, containing the money, taken from him by Park, whilst the other prisoner was watchin ,, in an adjoining room ; . . . , but the statement rested entirely on the evidence of a prosti tute living in the house, who had been herself accused of the robbery by Park. The jury, after a short consultation, acquitted the prisoners. _ . The remainder of the day was occupied with mint cases, of no public interest. CIVIL SIDE. (Before Mr. Justice Maule.) This learned Jude took his seat in th 6 Nisi Prius Court shortly after twelve o'clock, and in the course of about an hour disposed of six causes, most of which were undefended, and the others referred. The cause list, however, only con tains an entry of nine causes. REPAIRING GLEBE PROPERTY.-PARR V. WILSON• This was an action brought by the Rev. John Owen Parr, vicar of Preston, against the defendant, widow and execu trix of the late Rev. Roger Carus Wilson, the predecessor of the plaintiff, to recover the sum of £5,000, for non-repairs of certain property held by him in virtue of his office; as in cambent of the parish of Preston. Messrs. Hulton and Knowles appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. S. Wortley for the defendant. Previous to the case being gone into, on the suggestion of the learned counsel for the defendant it was agreed that a verdict should be taken for the above-mentioned sum, sub ject to a reference to Mr. Armstrong, Q. C. who should draw up a special case for the consideration of the court above, as to the liability of the late incumbent to repair pro perty which had been leased by a predecessor of his, it being taken as a finding by the Jury, that there were assets to the amount of £6OO. CROWN COURT.—THURSDAY, JULY 28 (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.) CHARGE OF RAPE. Thomas Bennett, aged 30, was charged with having ra vished Ann Embley, at Leyland, on the 9th of April last. Mr. Brandt appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutrix, a girl 14 years of age, resided with her parents at Blackburn, and on the 9th of April the prisoner engaged to take her in his cart from Blackburn to the Leyland Station ' on the North Union line of railway. On the way he called at two public-, houses, and induced the girl to drink two small glasses of rum, after which he committed the offence charged. The details of the case occupied the court a considerable part of the day, but, of course, are unfit for publication. Mr. WILKINS addressed the jury in a speech of consider able length, and with great ability. The jury having heard a minute summing up of the evidence by the learned Judge, retired for consultation, and having been absent about an hour and a half, returned into court with a verdict of guilty. Mr. Wilkins then called three witnesses, who gave the prisoner, who is a married man with a family, a good cha racter. His lordship, however, deferred passing sentence. THB PRESTON MURDER, Peter Whittle, aged 31, was indicted for the wilful mur of his wife, Sarah Whittle, at Preston, on the 7th of May last. Mr. linuro's appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. BRANDT defended the prisoner. The first witness called was Anne "Whittle, mother of the prisoner, who stated that the prisoner and his wife lived with her and her husband. On Saturday, the 7th of May, witness was sitting in the house sewing, and the prisoner and his wife were behind her. Hearing a noise, she turned round and asked what it was. She received no answer, but immediately after she caught the prisoners wife in her arms whilst in the act of falling, and led her to the front door, finding she was bleeding profusely from the throat. The prisoner then went into the kitchen. Shortly after witness saw him sitting on a chair with his own throat cut, and a razor in his hand. The prisoner and his wife had lived with witness since their marriage about seven years ago. They lived very comfortably together, and appeared very much attached to each other. They had had no quarrel that day at all. In her cross examination she stated that the prisoner had lately been low spirited, and since he had become so he had been more kind to his wife. They had not even an angry word during the last two years. A few days before this matter happened, the prisoner came to her in the night, and said he thought he was poisoned, and the next morning he complained that his head was so swollen that he could not get his hat on, but witness did not perceive anything amiss with it. Mary Whittle, daughter of the last witness, deposed to the prisoner coming into the kitchen on the afternoon in ques tion, and that on his way he had his hand to his throat, which was bleeding. She said to him, " Oh, Peter, don't," and then ran out screaming. Thomas Whittle, the father of the prisoner, deposed to being engaged weaving in the cellar when the matter hap pened. He ran up stairs, and found his daughter-in-law lying in the lobby bleeding. He asked who it was, and she replied it was Peter. Witness then found the prisoner in the kitchen, sitting on a chair, bleeding from his neck, with a razor in his hand. Mr. W. Walker, surgeon, of Preston, said, he was sent for to Whittle's house, on the afternoon of the ith May last. He found the prisoner's wife with two large wounds on her throat. She was bleeding very much, and died in a few minutes after his arrival. He then examined the pri soner. He was insensible from loss of blood, having two wounds on his throat. In his cross-examination the witness stated that the prisoner had called on him a few days pre viously, and complained that his head was swollen so large that he could not get his hat on. Witness remarked that he saw nothing amiss with his head, on which he said " Look at my arm." He did so, and faund he had the nettle rash. That would, no doubt, produce some degree of nervous ex citement. Mr. BRANDT at great length addressed the jury for the defence, contending that the facts of the case clearly showed he was not at the time in such a state of mind as to be ac countable for his actions. The learned JUDGE having summed up the case, the jury, after a consultation of about twenty minutes, acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity. The learned JUDGE ordered him to be kept in safe custody until her Majesty's pleasure be known. DARING BURGLARY James Atkinson and Henry Atkinson were charged with a burglary in the house of William Parr, at Hala Carr, on the 9th of July last. The brief facts of the case were, that about midnight on the night in question, the house of the prosecutor was broken into by four persons beating open the door. This alarmed the prosecutor, an old man 81 years of age, who called up his two grandsons, one of whom took up his gun and presented it at two of the parties, who were making their way up stairs. Notwithstanding this, he was knocked down, and after he and his cousin had their hands and feet tied to the bedpost, the parties left the house, taking with them the gun, and 55., and some copper. The only witn ess who swore to the iden tity of the prisoners, was a grandson of the prosecutor. For the defence two witnesses were called, who swore the prisoners were in bed at the time of the robbery. The jury, therefore, acquitted the prisoners. NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr. JUSTICE MAULE. COPYHOLDERS RIGHT:HOYLE t 7. COUPE SPECIAL JURY. In this case only one special jury appeared, but after sows delay a tales was prayed, and the panel was completed from the common jury. The counsel for the plaintiff, were Messrs. Watson, Card well, and Atherton ; and, for the defendant, Messrs. S. Wortley and Cowling. This action, which was to try the right ,of certain copY holders respecting the getting of stone on lands in n the anor of Clithero, has been previously tried , but h granted a new trial, which came ,on this morn ng; h ° a u al r f d tm - p w h as a a d s t still proceeding when our report left Lancaster, at five last evening. The plaintiff in the action is Mr. John Hoyl e, the lessee of certain quarries of stone and slate at Acrington, county, which belong to the manor of Clithero, of which the present Lord Montagu is the lord. The defendant, who is a copyhOldff in the same neigh- bourhood, gas converted to his own use, and clai of getting stone, and slates, &c.s; and the preser to try ihe right, it being conceded by the plaintiff that the only right possessed by the copyholders is to get stone and other materials on their own copyholds, to be used on such Dements only A vast mass - of evidence was given by the plaintiff, con sting of Chancery decrees, statutes, leases, and other do- cutriekary evidence, extending so far back as 1615 ; and a number of witnesses were called to prove tha custom of the coeyholders from time. immemorial. Mr. ST UARTNi I O;T L;l7as add ressiug the jury for the defendant when our report left Lancaster. THE THREE DAYS' TRIP TO LONDON HINTS TO THE TRAVELLERS. Nye have been favoured with the following few hints, which may be valuable to our country friends who are pro posing to take ad van t age o f the cheap and interesting excur sion to the great metropolis. As the writer is a thorough bred Cockriey, the hints and suggest i ons may b e re li e d upon . The train will leave the Edge-hill station on Monday morning, at half-past six o'clock, and our first advice would be, take as little luggage as possible, it being so much more comfortable and convenient to travel free. Take a good lunch at Birmingham, or the first place at which it is pro vided. If not too much fatigued upon the train arriving at Euston-square, which will in all probability be about four or five o'clock, we would advise our friends at once to provide themselves with lodgings either private or at a respectable hotel. Avoid the immediate neighbourhood of Euston square, which is dear. Anderton's Hotel, Fleet -street, or Osmond'S Coffee House, opposite Southampton-street, Strand, are central and reasonable, as are several in that neighbourhood : or private apartments can be had in any of the streets in the Strand, leading down to the Thames, as Arundel-street, Norfolk-street, Howard-street, &c. After securing lodgings, they may proceed at once to the Ade laide Gallery, L ow th er A rca de, Strand, where they will find much to amuse and instruct, and then to bed. Before starting next day they should procure a copy of a little six penny work, p u bli s h e d by P a i n t er , 342, Strand, entitled "THE OMNIBUS GUIDE," which will protect them from imposition, and f urn i s h th em w ith th e ti mes of starting, routes, &c. of all the conveyances, by land or water, to every part of the metropolis, and twelve miles round. For the next day, TUESDAY, the following trip will be found very good :—First, do not fail to go and hear the beautiful Horse Guards Band, and see the soldiers exercise at the Horse Guards, at ten o'clock. From thence proceed through the Park, past the Duke of York's Colutnn, to Buckingham Palace. This will not be much to 'see, except as the residence of our gracious and amiable Cbeen• Then walk down through the enclosure by the water, and pass out at the other end, and proceed at once to Westminster Abbey. It will take you some time properly to examine this beautiful building and the various monu ments which it contains. Then proceed to the Houses of Parliament, and also take a survey of the New Houses of Parliament now in course of erection. You would do well to get 'dinner at some of the many dining-houses in the neighbourhood of Westminster or Charing-cross ; and then. should you he so inclined, proceed either to Vauxhall Gar dens by water, and witness the beautiful display of fireworks and the various other attractions, or proceed by omnibus to the gala at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, which is this season indeed well worth seeing. You may then find plenty of omnibusses in the Walworth-road to convey you, to Fleet street or Charing-cross. The next day, 'O% Vilt_,tt-T- • hat rr.g., nt action WEDNESDAY, after a comfortable breakfast, we would advise our friends to lose no time in getting a sixpenny ride, per omnibus, to St. Paul's Cathedral, which you may ascend, going into the Whispering Gallery, for about ninepence. The various charges of sixpence and a shilling, for seeing " the clock," " the bell," and so forth, we would not advise your paying, as the sight of them is scarcely worth either the consump tion of the time or the money ; therefore pass them over. Having left St. Paul's, walk round the corner, and see the Post-office, and then proceed down Cheapside and King street to Guildhall, for no stranger could go to London and not pay a visit to the renowned Gog and Magog. After walking past the Mansion House, and viewing the New Exchange in course of building, on the spot of the late me morable fire, you can proceed through the Bank of England. Now we would advise your dropping into the Dining-rooms, opposite the Mansion House, or the Virginia, in Cornhill, or any of the excellent Dining-rooms by the Mansion House, after which, proceed to London Bridge, and, if you please, go up the Monument, and witness the scene of life and bustle from the top. Now, proceed down Thames-street, to the famous Tower of London. This will take you some . little time, but, having finished, proceed on to the entrance of the Thames Tunnel, or should you not wish to go to the Tower, go from London Bridge per steamer to the Tunnel—cross through the Tunnel, under the Thames. If there be time left, we would by all means advise your going to Greenwich Hospital, the place of abode of our weather-beaten Green wich pensioners, who have seen and taken part in many a glorious battle, and are here comfortably provided for during the remainder of their lives. A boat will convey you to Greenwich in a very short time. You can return to your location per steamer, which is the cheapest and most expedi tious conveyance from thence. Now you have but one day left, and the most must be made of it, unless you have de termined upon spending another week in London. On THURSDAY morning, rise early, settle your accounts at your hotel, and you had better not have the trouble to returning, and pro ceed at once to the British Museum, in Museum-street. You can merely have time just to pass through it; then walk to the Soho Piazza, and up Oxford-street, to the Pantheon, which is well worth a stranger's seeing. From thence pro ceed up Portland-place, which will bring you out at the op posite end, at the entrance of the Regent's-park. Go across the park at once to the Zoological Gardens, after spending some time in the gardens, proceed round the park to the Diorama, and then finish the day at the Colliseum. You will now have arrived very near the time of the start ing of the train from Eustan-square Station again ' • nine o'clock, therefore, it will be well to get a cup of coffee before starting, and this, I believe, may be done very comfortably at the Colliseum. As our tastes may differ, perhaps the following order might suit some better • For one day—Boat from London Bridge to Thames Tun nel, from thence to Greenwich Park, and back for the even ing to the Gala at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, Walworth, or, omnibus to Dulwich, to take a view of the beautiful paintings at Dulwich Gallery, and then a walk on :to the Beulah Spa, at Norwood, or a trip to Windsor , to see the noble seat of royalty there; but we have merely pointed out the best and most systematic way of seeing the most of Lon don during the three days, with a hope that it may increase the comfort and amusement, as well as knowledge of our country friends, in their laudable anxiety of seeing all that they can of the great metropolis. SPECIAL VESTRY MEETING f o „ ,. (7, A special general vestry meeting was held in St. Nicholas' Church yesterday, in pursuance of the act passed in the pre sent session for the administration of the laws relating to the poor in the parish of Liverpool, " for the purpose of elect ing twenty-one persons, being owners or occupiers of lands or hereditaments in the said parish rated to the relief of the poor of the same parish in the annual sum of fifty pounds or upwards, to be the first select vestrymen for the purposes of the said act in addition to the rectors, the churchwardens and. the overseers of the poor for the time being of the said parish." The Rev. AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL, junior rector took the chair. Mr. LOWNDES, vestry-clerk, having read the notice con vening the meeting, the Chairman called on any parishioner to propose a list. Mr. RAYMOND HOUGHTON, one of the churchwardens, then proposed a list of twenty-one persons, fourteen of whom he stated were members of the Board of Guardians. Mr. PATON seconded the motion. Mr. BIGHAM complained that the name of Mr. John Marsden Cowgill had been omitted from the list, a circum stance which he attributed to his opposition to illegal expen diture of the parish funds. Mr. Cowgill had served the parish faithfully for some time; and he (Mr. Bigham) had been told by a respectable gentleman who knew him well that if he were put in nomination he would serve again. He therefore begged to propose as an amendment that the name of Mr. John Marsden Cowgill be substituted on the list for the name of Mr. John Hand. Mr. THOS. BERTRAM seconded the amendment. Mr. RAYMOND HOUGHTON thought it right to say that Mr. Cargill declined to serve on the board of guardians last Easter. Mr. HENSHAW said he met Mr. Cowgill on Tuesday last, and he did not then express any desire to serve. The CHAIRMAN then put the motion and the amendment. Four hands only were held up for the amendment, and the original motion was declared to be carried. Mr. BIGHAM then demanded a poll, and after some de sultory debate it was appointed to commence on Monday next, at ten o'clock. Mr. WM. BIRKETT, one of the churchwardens, said that at the last annual vestry it was resolved , on the motion of Mr. Henshaw, that the attention of the churchwardens should be drawn to the state of the cemet e ry . Si nce then a public committee of the House of Commons had been ap pointed, and that committee had made a r e port , in which they recommended that the practice of interments within the precincts of large towns'abould be discontinued. The chair man of that committee had given notice that he would brin.. in a bill for that purpose on the 4th of the e nsuing month'. He (Mr. Birkett) did not suppose that it would be perse vered in this session; but if it were carried out in the way i. the report of the committee stated , i t would rinvolvecea v ery er large expense upon this parish. The churchwardens, to wait to rd evvn.hsi h they were but fore, under the circumstances in which they were placed did not think it advisable to enter on the subject , were recommended by the last vestry to d o ; s would take up see m w r h . atitugneHrnAmwenhtowpeodultdhdeo wchuitrheitihwearbdileln. the subject of St. Mary's cemetery fo r th e poor, an d if th e y would not, that the council would. The conversation then termin a t e d , and the meeting sepa rated. LIVERPOOL MIDSUIONS The trials since our last have been totally destitute of Pub' lic interest. The business of the court will in all finish to-morrow. The gran d jury were discharged but Pre viously to separatin g , th ey laid before the court the follow ing presentme n t : probability " The grand jury join the recorde r i n the expression of their grief and di smay at the frequent commitments o f you n g persons, both male and female, showing the utter inadequacy of imprisonment alone in their cases for the effectual correc tion of young offenders. " The grand jury have much satisfaction in again drawing attention to the t ac t an d zea l o f t h e police force, from t h e head superintendent downwards, and arrest of thieves and other desperate charactern;e of the s support "The grand j ur y beg in the pr om p t detection clear and efficient manner in Whl t of all the ca ses b roug ht before them b a d been prepared and digested, which has nuteriallY likewise to o h, e facilitat e d and lightened their h p e ress evi dence their s in abours. Pre.eenyt,tllattly, have inspected found uss prisoners con theThe grand jury further Borough Gaol, in which th in l a ll cases separated from the object be attained u n d er the p resen t ar rangement , fined. untried, nor can " The convicted t as t h e n umber of separate cell is Cella only hiasredensi°rath e , that the 333. The grand jury beg to express their opinion gaol is inadequate for an effective system of classif ica ti on without which they fear no improvement can be ex pected it; the morals of the prisoners. " NICHOLAS Ros • their and ordere d their presentments to be r labours, " Lirerpool, 27 t Ditly, 1842." KLLI., Foreman. The RECORDER. thanked the gr an d j ury for t • - t• entered in the proper 1e h ea r that, at a meetin g o f t h e coal and iron masters 1 2 e 7, ,‘,„ at stourbridge on F r id ay last, a further reduction of wages A to the colliers wa s agreed on, and notice to that effect was given to the mem on Saturday night. T HE LIBEL CASE AGAINST THE " LANCASTER GA ZETTE."—We understand, the popish priest who had com menced an action against the editor of the Lancaster Gazette, for a libel, in consequence of the insertion of a certain letter. written by Thomas Eastwood, Esq., himself a Roman Ca tholic, reflecting on the method priests are in the habit of adopting, in order to induce persons to will their property to them, has for the present abandoned his action, and has taken proceedings_ against the author, who had never con cealed him se lf from the priest ; and at the Lancaster Assizes, on Wednesday l ast, a true bill for libel was found by the Grand Jury against Mr. Eastwood. /G~ I WC 01