The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-18 00:00:00

104 ©NN ET 1- , from the rnnet never b The Trade ar received ier i to this H e Agents Season Goods In, Dun ;t shapes, Pdv an tag .ed by a any in as they the week opportunity to re re. Wholesale Straw Plait, Bonnet, and Trimming Warehouse, 17, Williamson-square, Liverpool. FREDERICK BARFORD, Proprietor. SPRING ' E L kSHIONS• FI O U C L E N D JAMES'S- JOHN ROGERS fh T " Manche STREET. and Scotch Markets, EVERY NOVELTY and that suitable attention to his choice s Stock is now for the af He selection or PRINTED CASHMERE .son so DRESSES, n request. and British Manufacture . PAISLEY treet, Liverpool, WITHOUT RESERVE SELLING The Stock of PLAIN AND FANCY SILKS -. - v erb Patterns in AND FRENCH SHAWLS, SCARFS, AND HANDKERCHIEFS, A. DECIDED BARGAIN 0 F F, the best styles in both French sive, cornoining eVcif the Article con h lii Plain Goods o cheapest ell as Fancy Goods of the 1500 PARASOLS — J. R., in conclusion, I throughout is yer: ted with t I makes chest a 141 and 143, St. James NOW 15, PAR XDISE -STREET. 11Q/ M. BECKWITH'S extensive Stock of SILKS, - 1 - 1 J• LINEN DRAPERY, RIBBONS, PRINTS, HO SIERY, upon the whole of which an immense reduction has been made to effect an immediate sale, as the Shop mast be CLOSED IN A FEW DAYS to make important altera tions. The attention of Private Families, Hotel Keepers, and others, is particularly directed to the remaining portion of the LINEN DEPARTMENT, consisting of SHEETINGS it every width and quality, IRISH LINENS of 0-- Fabrics, HUCKABACKS, Browo DOW- prices that LASSES, & must ensure a s lv clearance Jo tedious too enumerate will be Iles t found equall ent of BONNETS of the most fashionable A large Assor shapes WHITLAW'S PATENT MEDICATED VAPOUR BATHS, ...STREET, LIVERP O OL these Baths has been so long ' -` acknow he Pro- e, confines him- lately gone to .wprovenient O 1 LLIc £R BATH DEPARTMENT, queh a state of perfection that they Iphur and other 'dedicated,Su Mr. J. J. G ODFRE Y , London, may be RENSHAW- THE superi, ledged tha Tietor would self limp . considerable expense in t WARM WAI Which is can be prepared, as well as Baths, t a few notes' notice al College of Member of the R consulted every morning before eleven o ewes. REM OVAL GEORGE HOPKINSON, Cow Manufacturer, ru,,- ATOVAL from Lime-street, to the more commodiou raises of Messrs. Samuel andlames Hoy Bold-street • -builder and Harness announces his RE - Pre st respectfull. SEEL-STREET. , and embraces this opportunity of returi tanks to the Gentry of Liverpool and its e rienced nuance of that prefer to merit, b, ence which it shall be his unc, aithful workmanship strictly moderate charges, souna.a.— --- t , with the very best and mosses for Exp fashionablortati e ma on eri N.B.—Carriag Liverpool, March, 1843.___________—_ NOTICE Of F. BIELEFELD, of Wt.— • don, and North Jo hn-street, ‘-) PAPIER MACHE MANUFACTURER, respectfully announces that he has taken part of the Premises, known as the MUSIC HALL, 52, BOLD -STREET, w ere hich the he has OPENED as a Wareho ese and Show Room, wh same facilities will be afforded for selection as at the Manu factory in London, the Premises being sufficiently extensive and commodious to admit thee xhibitices Capitals ion of the whole of the Patterns, consisting of Ceilings, Corn , . Brackets. Corbels, Trusses, Centre Flowers for Ceilings, Mouldings, Picture F r ames, Window Cornices, A r ticles of Furniture, one thousand in nu mber. The whole being either from iugton-street, Strand, Lon- REMOVA Scc. &c.—more most classic styles or exact copies of of the purest a ar designs vent architec been extensively the finest specime used by the Boarl the British Mus n the Houses of Parliament, P ant h e on, the Clu b-hou ses — in blic Buildings and Private Mau- short, iu the 1 coma le announcement, that he has )ur Ant nd have Pills in affec- I .crable aera.6.- ian, and connected . . rto this cause, of antiquity, ,f Wor st of the r.. 'ions throughout the c oun tr M y. A Quarto Volume of t he Papier Mach Enrichments, formerly published at £3 35., is now to be had at £l, and a Miniature Work, containing fifty designs for Picture Frames, at 6d.; the latter is remitted by post on the receipt of six Postoffice et HENRY HENRY LAXTON Agent, 52, Bold-street STUD PADDOCKS, LYTHAM, NEAR PRESTON. 1843, HIS SASON, Thoroug TO hbred Mares Six 1 So COVEß vereigns, TGroom ETen Shillings, Halfbred Mares Three s, Groom Five Shi llin g s, the Grey Horse NEW FASovereign SHION, b Dron e, dam b y Queensbury, grand damßemnant, (sistery to Rally,) by Trumpator; Queens bury (late Harrington) was by Remembrancer, out of Fair Charlotte, by Precipitate; Drone was by Master Robert, dam by Sir Walter, out of Miss Tooley, by Teddy the Grinder, her dam Lady Jane, sister to Hermione, by Sir Peer. • FASHION stands 16 hands high, with great power, was a good runner, won five Royal Plates, besides several other Stakes, beating Frenzy, Thump, Lady Eliza- Beth, and the best horses of the day. Nzw FASHION, in 1842, obtained the Premium at Preston Agricultural Meeting. for the best Thoroughbred Stallions, beating Amurath, King of Diamonds, Drayton, &c. &e. New Fashion has proved himself a sure foal getter. His ising• stock are remarkably str on g andprom _ G o od accommodation, for al Mares , Ss. Per at mark et priece, if r week ; Barren Mares, 7s. per week. Corn or. dered. The Horse will attend at the following places during the Season :—Every Tuesday, at the Rose, Whittles, where he will remain from ten to twelve o'clock, thence through Eux. ton, to the Eagle and Child, Standish, where he will remain from t wo to four, thence to the Legs of Man, Wigan, all night ; on Wednesday, to the Gerard Arms, Ashton, from nine to ten o'clock, thence to the Raven Inn, St. Helen's, from eleve n to one o'clock, thence through Prescot, to Mr. _ ALToN's VETERINARY ESTABLISHMNT, SEEL-STREET, LIVERPOOL, where he will remain all night ; Thursday, to the T a lbot Inn, Ormskirk, all night ; Friday, at Tarlton Bridge, from leven to one o'clock, thence to the Castle Inn, Preston, all night; Saturday, to his own Stables, Lytham, where he will remain until Tuesday. NIR- COCKLE'S A PATRON' S PILLS IsTTIB ED BY THE Bishop o f Ely Bishop of Gl o ucester Bishop of Chichester Bishop of Worcester Bishop of Hereford B i s h o p of St. Asaph Bishop of Bangor Bishop of Llandaff Bishop of Calcutta Rt. Hon. J. A. Murray, Lord Advocate of Scotlandusson, Rt. Hon. R. C. Ferg M.P. Judge Advoca te Ge neral Duke of Grafton Duke of Manc►i Duke of Bedford Duke of Argyll Duke of Beaufort Duke of Rutland Duke of Marlborough Duke of Bucclet Duke of Devons Duke of Sutherland Marquis of Lansdowne Marquis of Normanby Marquis of Ailesbury Marquis of Winchester Marquis of Abercorn Earl of Eldon Earl of Harrowby Earl of Minto Earl of Carnarvon Earl of Kinnoul Earl of Errol Earl of Mountcashel Earl of Darlington Earl of Guildford Earl of Scarborough Earl of Oxford Earl of Thanet Earl of Athlone Earl of Roscommon Earl Cowper Earl Amherst Earl of Leicester Earl of Sainsborough Viscount Melbourne Hon. Sir Edward Cust,K.C.H Hon. Colonel Anson, M.F. Hon. Fos Maule, M.P. Admiral Sir D. Gould, G.C.B Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H. Sir J. Macdonald, K.C.B. Adj. General Sir Thomas Dyer, Bart. u r Si r Francis Bdett, Bart, N. M.P. Sir Gerard Noel, B a rt., M.P. Si r Robert Grant, Bart. Sir Henry Blake, Bart. Sir Samuel Fludyer, Bart. Sir Robert Buxton, Bart. Sir John Forbes , Bart. ISir Andrew Agnew, Bart. Sir Philip B.V.Broke, K.C.B John Tyrrell, Bart. .„ Sir Henry Smyth , Bart, M.P. Sir Matthew Wood,Bart,M• r Sir John de Beauvoir, Bart. Sir Thomas B. Mash Sir Thos.Wilde,M.P.Sol .Gen Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P. J. Wildman, Esq., Chilham Castle (Colonel Tynte, M.P. _ Viscount Palmerston Viscount Howick Viscount Fordwich Viscount Torrington Viscount Acheson Viscount Alford Lord Arundel Lord Hill . Lord Plunket Lord Murray Lord Kinnaird Lord Bentinck Loid Fitzroy Lord Middleton Lord Frederick Gordon Lord Willoughby d'Eresby Lord Hay Lord Redesdale ,Colonel SibthLip, M.P. Col.Delap,Stoke Park, Surrey Col. Bence, Thorington Hall Colonel Cowell Captain Pechell, Matthias Attwood, Esq.,M•P Alderman Thompson, M.P. Charles Walker, Esq., M.P. Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, M.P. Mr. Sergeant Ludlow ,:iideacon of Colchester __Archdeacon ofSt.Alban's Rev. Dr. French. Cambridge. Lord Seymour Lord Hartland Lord Western_ Ven Rev. Dr. Benson Rev. Dr. Birch ' rd Svd of Armagh Lord A Rev. Dr. Marsh p of Durham Pert Renwick, ESQ. D Waddy, Esq., late MM. .P i Wells . v of Bath and 3p of Norwich at ichell, Esq., Dublin Bishop of Salisbur, Bishop of Peter And numerous Fa Mr. COCKLE, SURGEON est respectabia ire in laving IiNETHY'S rted from a before his friends and ESTIMATION of his Letter which* 1824 : ,hat ge " I have ordered the use of yc tions of the stomach, attended ment of the functions of that imi with a torpid state of the chief! - - may be attributed the various diseases ent o f the body, the contr act for some ten thousand p ounds less than weal and constitutional,) and I have thus had frequ opportunities of witnessing their beneficial effects. They his Irish competitors. Against the acceptance, by greatly influence the secretion of bile, and act with certainty govern ment, of this contract, the Irish members have secretary; and and in the most effectual manner on the alimentary o r g ans, witho u t occas ionin g pain or irrit a ti on . I consider th em a pr otested, in a series of resolutions, signed et ec b r y Frederick ar most excellent family aperient medicine, and may be take n at Shaw, chairman , and G. A. Hamilton, all times with perfect safety." alluding to such an occurrence, the Dublin Evening They are prepared by Mr. JAMES COCKLE, Sureon Extra (the Conservative " Times"of Dublin) says, " We ordinary to Her Serene Highness the late LAND G RAVINE Of Mail Hasse HOMBURG, and may be had of all respectable Medi cine Venders, in boxes, at ls. lid. 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. descri be this occurrence as the beginning of a great NOTICE.' • and is it not so ? Is not a national union among the hitherto hostile national masses, represented by H a milton and Mr. Ross, by Col one l V erner a Gorg n e dy e r. Stock, by Mr. 'Gregory and Sir Thomas ally are ' end Let it be especia genuine which ha JAMES COCKLE, APOTNE- a white .ers, engraved on the Government Stamp. e Public against:any This mark of authen dangerous and deleterious imitation ,18, New Ormond-skeet, Bedford-row, London, ;ed to him 1A.1% , th0 SQLlAfti THIS sent TUESDAY El NG, the 16th instant, I second time, with Dresses, and Appointments. the New Opera, com posed by G. HARGREAVES, Esq., callad - MARINETTE ; OR, THE WOLF OF ST ANGE To conclude with the new Fairy Extravaganza, called the SLEEPING BEAUTY OF THE WOOD. With New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, and Decorations. Both of which were received last night with the most en- IRON MANSION FOR AN AFRICAN KING. THE Public are respectfully informed the above BUILD ING (the first of the kind ever built) will he OPENED for INSPECTION on FRIDAY next, the 21st instant, when it will remain open for a few days, previous to shipment. N.B.—Entrance froin Paradise-street. Admission, ls. each. Proceeds to be given to the Public Charities. Just Published, OH TOUCH FOR ME THY HARP AGAIN. Ballad, composed by GEORGE H. THOMSON. DER ABENDFALTER WALZER, for the Piano-forte. Composed by THEODORE LICHTENBERG. The above may be had at all the principal Music Shops in Liverpool, Manchester, and Dublin, and from Mr. Thom- SON, Professor of Music, 47, Bedford-street North. EDUCATION IN FRANCE THE Reverend GEORGE STOKES, who is about to Remove to DIEPPE, France, will be prepared to re ceive into his Family there, after the Ist of May, a limited Number of YOUNG GENTLEMEN, to be EDUCATED under his personal superintendence. Mr. STOKES'S Residence is spacious, suitable, and de tached ; distant from Dieppe about a mile and a half, on the Paris road, and commanding an extensive prospect of the town, the sea, the forest, and beautiful valley of Argues, and the surrounding. country. Mr. STOKES refers to the Rev. T. Tattershall, D.D., Shaw-street ; the Rev. Fielding Ould, M.A., Soho-street ; Thomas Sands, Esq., Mosley-hill; or Mr. Wareing Webb, Bookseller, Castle-street, where terms, testimonials, &c. may be had. N.B.—The journey from London to Dieppe, via Brighton, is usually performed in less than twelve hours. 30, Brownlow-street, Liverpool, April 7, 1843. I AfONS. GUILLAUME BEAUMONT, Profe ssor o f 2!A. the FRENCH, ITALIAN, SPANISH, and GER- MAN LANGUAGES, h„ Mr. WRENSHALL, Profe, naving made arrangements with " Music, to succeed Mr. ssor of FABIUS LEA, begs to announce that he receives PUPILS at the Music Academy, Islington-square, and also at his Resi dence, No. 6, Clarence-street. Ladies' Classes meet at Mr. Wrenshall's Music Academy, Islington-square, Monday and Thursday, at Eleven A.M. ; at Mons. Beaurnont's Residence, Wednesday and Saturday, at Eleven A.M. Classes for Gentlemen at Mons. Beaumont's Residence in the Evening. Single Pupils and Schools attended. TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, AND OTHERS The largely increased and most respectable circulation which the 7uesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile body in 11 Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion of the mercantile community of Liverpool who . desire to bring their advertisements before the notice of buyers in the n.eigh4ouring manufacturing districts. ln most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester, however, the centre of the Manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday—occurring upon the most im portant. market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country mann ions I facturer. spinners, and calico printers—is firmly es- tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased and increasing interest Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to receive an increased measure of support from the mer chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver- tisiny favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability to do justice to the interests committed to their care TO CORRESPONDENTS We will notice the communication of " W. L." on Friday. We have received the following sums towards the fund now raising for the relief of the workmen who lost their tools at the late fire at Fawcett's foundry. The amounts have been handed to the Treasurer. 410 0 0 1 0 0 From the Bowden Iron Company.. „ Mr. Edward Davies, optician Navies A. corre Is surprise at observing on Sunday the ctively engaged in excavating the clay to form cial pond in Prince's Park, and inquires if we can inform him what very urgent necessity so imperatively compelled the proprietors of that undertaking to violate the holiness of the Sabbath. We are unable to ansvfer our correspondent's question. Ebe Eiberpool &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1843 'On the 4th of May, Sir Robert Peel will move for leave to bring in a bill " for the endowment of addi tional ministers of religion in certain populous dis tricts." We presume - that this is the measure of Church Extension" - which we are to expect from the present government. At all events, it is an indication of the mode in which the aid of the state is proposed to be extended, by government, to the effort for in creasing the existing church accommodation for the people; and, as such, it is worth while asking how far it is likely to meet the emergency, in which the cry for Church Extension has been so loudly raised. Any aid towards the building of churches, in any district, it is plain, is not contemplated. The govern ment confines its efforts to the providing of " addi tional ministers of religion." The community suffer ing under destitution of the means of Church worship must find its own church; the state is asked only to provide clergymen. We certainly cannot deny that, to some extent, this is a boon. It is something gained, at all events. It tends to lessen the evil complained of —spiritual destitution ; but it goes no further. It goes not to affirm the principle, for which churchmen con tend, that it is the bounden duty of the state to care for the religion, as it cares for the health and good order, of the community. It proceeds, in fact, upon a pre-supposition that the voluntary principle is suffi ciently active for the providing of churches ; and that all which it is necessary for the state to do is to provide for members of the clergy to minister in them. In the abstract it may be good that we should receive such aid, for we do not except against the Church Pastoral Aid, or any other society, which thus endeavours to aVance the cause of the church to which we belong. But we must confess our doubts whether such is the direction in which a Conservative government should meet the cry for Church Extension. The destitution of which we complain is not such, and in such locali ties, as will tempt private parties to build churches. What we want are churches and endowments in locali ties where individual efforts are not to be looked for. What we want is that, wherever there are souls to be saved, and destitute of the means to provide for public worship, there the means of grace—churches and pas tors as well—should be provided. But this is not what Sir Robert Peel's measure contemplates. It is only intended to endow "additional ministers of the Church of England in certain populous places." If it were necessary, we believe that we could point out what are these " certain populous places." I'hey are , undoubtedly such places as Ashton, Hyde, Stalybridge, Dukinfield; &c.—places of vast population in the ma nufacturing districts, and, we may add, of vast wealth a l so ; and though in such places we shall gladly re ceive the aid of the government, in providing pastors, we should much prefer receiving its aid in what may be legitimately called " Church Extension." We have no doubt as to the good which !Hay be done, even by the providing of endowments for churches to be built by voluntary efforts ; but we should much prefer rinciple established, which the advo- seeing the broad cates of Church Extension have in view, by the erec tion of churches by government, in which the poor have an equal right to worship, and pewholders' sub- scriptions are less the object in view The people of Ireland have, of course, always a zrievance ; but we must confess we cannot see the pertinence of the c as well as Radical in the cause of repeal Ile most recent offence against the Irish amor patria is the preference given to a Scotch tradesman of the name of Croal over every other competitor for the supply of mail-coaches for Ireland, the inducement being that the said :Nit. Croal had agreed to execute which is just now uniting Co: servatlve tip rut ttla oxiatemo ut suet a Witco . ' proval by the concurrence of these gentlemen in a common struggle for a purely Irish object, undertaken in com pliance with a general burst of feeling from Ireland ?" Now what is the grievance ? A contract, for the supply of mail coaches for the Irish post-office, thrown open, (as for years it has been), to the public of Great Britain and Ireland, has been given to a non-Irish con tractor. The same contract has for years past been enjoyed by Mr. Purcell, of Dublin, who has been all this time perfectly at liberty to enjoy any English con tract, and has tried for many ! But because an Eng lish, or rather a Scotch contractor is willing this year to perform the requirements of government—a united government of a united kingdom—for some ten thousand. pounds less, we have Conservatives even, in Ireland, so absurd as to protest against his being permitted to do so, and apparently ready to swell the O'Connell cry of " Repeal of the Union!" Surely this is very much too bad! One of the distinguishing characteristics of the Eng lish people, in all ages, has been a love of justice, combined with an utter detestation of inquisitorial practices in the administration of the laws. In no country are life, property, social order, and morality, looked upon as more sacred than in this ; in no coun try is the criminal, who has violated their security, looked upon with less of sympathy; and yet, much as we may abhor the crime, and spurn at him who has committed it, we are not ready to allow punishment to be inflicted except upon conviction, by means of evi dence the most undoubted, and after the most strict observance of every regulation which the law has pro vided. To the most atrocious offender we accord, or wish to accord, fair play—an open trial, in the face of his fellow-countrymen ; and we do believe that, such is the extent to which this love of impartial justice is carried by the vast mass of the people, that the escape from punishment of a criminal, whose crime had been almost universally acknowledged, would be received, and is received, with less of dissatisfaction than would attend his conviction. by means of the straining of one of those salutary forms, with which the constitution has hedged round the liberty of the subject. To what, except the existence of such a feeling, and an impression that it had been outraged, are we to at tribute a scene which occurred in our Criminal Court last week, on the occasion of the acquittal of a young man named Henry, who had been arraigned for the crime of arson ? We are informed that the verdict of " not guilty," returned by the jury after only " a few minutes consideration," was " hailed with loud applause by the spectators, and that the qfficers of the court en deavoured in vain, for a few moments, to curb this mani festation of feeling. As soon as the crowd outside learned the verdict, they also cheered." (.9 Manifestly, there was nothing, in the nature orrtheLcrime or the station of the criminal, to excite so , extraordinary a dis play of popular sympathy. There is nothing in the crime of ARSON to excite any other feeling than de testation against the party found practising it ; and the accused, HENRY, was comparatively an obscure young man. Yet his acquittal. was " hailed with loud applause," both in court and by the crowd outside, — by persons alike detesting the crime imputed, and un acquainted with the person accused ! The only ground, therefore, upon which we can account for a circum stance, so unusual—whether we look at the solidity of the English character, or at the grave decorum which ordinarily pervades the proceedings of a British court of justice,—is the existence of some impression, upon the mind of the public, that justice was in some way outraged in the person of the unknown individual in question. It is not our purpose here to enter into the enquiry whether justice had been so attempted to be outraged or not. The verdict of the jury was no doubt " a true verdict according to the evidence ;" there can be as little doubt that all the evidence possible to be pro cured, and all the legal (?)' ingenuity, to bring that evi dence to bear in a conclusive shape upon the case, was put in requisition; but, although such verdict was that the accused was "not guilty" of the charge alleged against him, ancilittempted to be substantiated by such an array of police acumen, we are not about to argue that no prosecution should have been instituted. It was not, either, that the verdict had been rightly or wron g rnliy- rPturned—that the evidence of the various, witnesses had been wrongfully or rightfully delivered— which gave rise to the explosion of sympathy at the conclusion of the trial ; but, solely, a feeling of satis faction that a case had failed, which the public thought had been improperly, and some would say, unconsti tutionally got up, and urged against the prisoner. How was this case gat up, and by whom ? The parties suffering through the alleged arson—the in_ surance office—were not the parties moving in the prosecution. Why was this ? Possibly the insurers were not possessed of that peculiarly keen scent, which enables a commissioner of police to trace crime out of the circumstance, somewhat ordinary, of a tradesman's having, in these days of scheming and cutting, been driven to the facilities of the auction-room, to raise the means of meeting his payments; for this, in fact, is the only portion of the evidence offered which appears to us at all to justify the prosecution. These gentle men were not of opinion that a case of suspicion pre sented itself, sufficiently strong to warrant them in de priving of his liberty, even•temporarily, an individual who, for anything which appears to the contrary, had incurred suspicion by no previous ill-conduct. They had no incentive for the display of that exceeding inge nuity, which can string together the disjointed and trumpery evidence of apple-women and policemen into a charge sufficiently strong to place human life in jeo pardy ; and had the whole matter been left to them, or to the ordinary working of our criminal law, we may safely say that there would have been no prosecution at all! The case in question, therefore, fell into the hands of a paid public officer—becaine, in fact, a police prosecution throughout .--the virtual prosecutor being the representative of the board •of police, and police men being the principal witnesses; and it is, as such, that it was--and we trust that the feeling will not readily die away from the minds of Englishmen —a peculiarly distasteful prosecution ; and that its failure was matter of gratification to the public. The people of Liverpool, it is plain;—and the people of England at large, we believe,—are not enamoured of a practice which, if carried out, would virtually place the liberty of the subject at the disposal of any police official whose ambition to distinguish himself by superior cleverness is in an inverse ratio with his discretion. A police force unquestionably we must have; so long as crime exists amongst us ; a force for the detection of that crime, and the protection of life and property. We presume, too, that a Commissioner of Police is a necessary evil ; but we must pray that the duty of a public prosecutor may be removed far, very far, from the hands of gentlemen exercising the duties which we conceive to belong to such a character. It will be found, by reference to our news of the day, that another of the West India Mail Steam-ships, the " Solway," has been totally wrecked, with a lamen- table loss of life, on some sunken rocks about 20 miles to the westward of Corunna. This is the third ship of the same line, the destruction . of which, with its attendant calamities in each case, the country has to deplore ; and, we may truly say, without impugning the conduct or character of the commanders of these vessels or their directors, that, whether in respect of shipwreck, or disappointment to the public in their anticipated dispatch and consequent advantages to the mercantile community connected with our West India colonies, and the neighbouring stations in South Ame rica at which they were bound to call, the undertaking has been singularly unfortunate. Many valuable Eves have, it will be found, been brought to a premature close by the loss of the Sol Way. With none of them had we any personal or other ac quaintance, with the exception of her commander, Mr. Charles Duncan, who was well known and highly esteemed in this port, and to whose memory we are painfully called upon to pass a tribute of respect. Mr. Duncan was the son of the late Mr. Duncan of Holy head, long a sailing master in the Royal Navy. He became connected as an officer with the Transatlantic Steam-ships of this port from nearly the commence- lent of their running, hating served successively in the "Liverpool," in•the "Acadia," and in the "Presi dent,"—which last vessel he left along with' Captain Fayrer, now of the " Forth," West India mail-ship. He added to the skill and bravery, all the generosity of the true British seaman, and was beloved both by officers and crew. —He was an admirable swimmer, to toyer 4pitrat hinvieit to borvo the )iveN of othera danger. in I Alen in wren a very young man, he rendered great assistance in saving the crews of two brigs in Holyhead Bay. In company with another volunteer, while he was with the " Liverpool," he saved the life of a man who had fallen overboard in the Atlantic in a gale of wind, and regained the vessel, with his prize, at imminent peril. In the summer of 1841, at midnight, he jumped over board in Kingston harbour from the " President" steam-ship (also Capt. Fayrer,) and saved a man and a boy from a watery grave. The writer of this was on board at the time. The passengers and officers on board immediately afterwards presented him with a silver snuff-box, with a suitable inscription ; and, on the representation of a friend (for he was too modest to make any personal application,) the gold medal of the Shipwreck and Humane Society of this town was awarded to him. On a subsequent occasion he endea voured, while with the " President," to save the life ofman who had fallen in the night into the Coburg Dock, where the ship was lying, but unhappily with out his usual success. He was appointed to the com mand of the " Solway" soon after her leaving Glasgow for Southampton, and successfully navigated that ves sel until the unfortunate accident which terminated his mortal career ; with reference to himself, and to those who perished with him, so emphatically impresses the sacred truth that—" in the midst of life we are in death." Mr. Duncan, who had scarcely approached the middle age, has left a young widow to lament his loss. LOCAL NRIVB Mr. Baron Parke attended divine service at St. Jude's Church on Sunday morning last. COUNCIL MEETING.—The adjourned meeting of the Council will be held to-morrow, when the consideration of the proceedings which could not be got through at the last meeting will be resumed. MELANCHOLY AccrpENT.—On Friday last, as three or four children were playing at a delph on Holt Hill, Cheshire, one of them fell into a deep pool of water, and when his body was taken out about an hour atter, all animation had fled. TAYLOR v. ASHTON AND OTHERS.—We are informed that in this important case, which was tried last week, and which related to the purchase of shares in the Commercial Bank of England, the plaintiff intends during the present Easter Term to apply for a new trial, and we understand that in structions have been sent up for that purpose. THE AssrzEs.—The present Assizes have been the heaviest ever held in this county, having lasted upwards of a month. There have been upwards of two hundred and forty prisoners brought forward in the Crown Court. Two have received sentence of death, and upwards of sixty of transportation for periods from seven years to life. A report was current in the courts on Saturday, that in order to prevent so much pressure in future, three commissions will be annually issued. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—By an advertisement in another part of our paper, we find that we are at last to have an ex planation of the principles on which the majority of the mi nisters in the Church of Scotland hate been acting for some years past. This is much wanted in Liverpool; . and the names of the speakers given in the advertisement, being those of some of the greatest ornaments of that church, war rant us in expecting an interesting statement of the questions at issue. LECTURE ON COMBUSTION.-14. Kane, Chemical Pro fessor to the Dublin Society, will deliver, at the Mechanics' Institution, on Wednesday evening next, the concluding lec ture of the previous course, which had been suddenly inter rupted by the accident which then occurred to him. The lecture is expected to be au interesting summary of the cir cumstances under which combustion is carried on and of the heat evolved from fuel. The prospectus also states, that Dr. Kane will describe the principle and construction of Mr. C. W. Williams's argand furnace, and the comparative effect of the old and new plan. COOK OF THE BRITISH STEAMER COLUMBIA DROWNED. —On Tuesday afternoon Colonel Pratt held an inquest on the body of Stephen Workman, chief cook of the Columbia, found in the dock between the Ferry Wharf and Cunard Wharf. The last that was seen of Mr. Workman was at the house of Mrs. Colman, at the head of Cunard Wharf, on Monday night, about ten o'clock, when he started to go on board, and it is supposed that, owing to the storm and dark ness, he missed his way and walked overboard. He was a man of temperate habits, and has left a wife in Liverpool. Verdict, "Accidentally drowned by walking overboard in the night."—Boston American Traveller, April, 1. ANNUAL VESTRY. —The annual Easter Vestry will be held to-day, at St. Nicholas's Church. The liberal papers are chuckling at the prospect of ousting our present tried parochial officers, and are urgent in calling on their readers to attend the meeting. We trust there will be no lukewarm ness on the part of the conservative body to support the gentlemen against whom the hostility of the radicals is di rected. It is one proof amongst a host of others of the efficiency of Mr. Birkett and those with whom he is associ ated, that such disgraceful falsehoods are now circulated against them by their opponents. Had the radicals been in power, the rates—and, God knows, they are high enough already—would have been almost doubled; and nothing but the wisest and most economical management could have kept them, even in the hands of our present excellent parish go vernors, from pressing much heavier on the ratepayers. Let the conservatives act as becomes them. PASSENGERS BY TIM COLUMBIA. —The following iS 'a list of the passengers by this steamer:—From ,Rostor t t o. Halifax—J. E. Fairbanks, W. L. Black, James Cochran, William R. Horton, John A. :Barry, John Takin,'Miss S. A. N. ithrieTlames Stokes, B. Block, Dierraz, Mrs. Shanson, and J. H. 6uhier. - .Prom Roston to Liver. pool—J. S. Lovering, Williarri'Munroe, jun. Charles Lam son, Daniel S. Lamson, Baron Roenne St. daquet, William Stringer and lady, C. *GigniatiX, - Davis, Arthur- W. Jaffrao, Dickson, Richardson, A n t on i a F . San chey, John Marshall, J. F. Levin, T. Woodho use S tevens, Henry Fuller, Francis, Stunner, C. Woelmer. Williams, C. Payen. 'Minas Winans, Joseph Harrison, jun., James Armstrong, Waters. George Ellis, Arthur Sow erhy, Rev. F. L. Osier George'Sears, James Davison; A. P. Montant, H. Gourd, 'Solomon Kohnston, S. Moulton, and George Burgess. From Halifax to Liverpool—Miss Wig gins, John Inglis, Mr. Wilmont, M. Carvill, Mr. Brinton, and Dr. Bangnier. A PACKET SHIP STRUCK BY L IGHTNING.•—•By the arri val of the packet-ship Virginian, Captain Allen, at this port, on Friday morning, from New York, advices have been re ceived of the arrival at New York on the 20th ultimo of the American line-of-packet -ship Toronto, Captain Robert Gris wold, which sailed from the St. Katharine's. Dock on the 27th of January with emigrants and a general cargo of mer chandise, after having been detained 28 days west of the Banks, in consequence of one continual gale from the west ward. On the Ist of March, in a tremendous gale from the north-west, the Toronto was struck by lightning, which passed down the foremast, knocked down all hands upon deck, and instantly killed a boy named James Collins. About half an hour after the mast was struck, the electric fluid burst 10 feet above the deck, the whole of which was covered pac ket ship Ontario, C apta i n W . R . Bra with fire, but fortunately no damage was su s t a i ne d. Th e American line of dish, arrived at New York on the same day as the Toronto, viz., 20th of March. THE FUNDS.—SATURDAY EVENING.---COLISOIS for mo ney closed firm at 964 to 97, and for the account at 97 to 4, !but there were no operations of importance, the market ,being'thinly attended by the dealers, the majority of whom have not yet returned to business. Bank Stock left off 1831 to 1841 ; Exchequer-bills, 2nd issue, 655. to 675. pm. ; the I%d. issue, 675. to 695. pm. ; India Sto c k, 269 to 270 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 691 to 4 ; Three-and-a-half per Cents. Reduced, 1014 to 4; New Three-and-a•hajf per Cents., 10 9 1 to 4 ; Long Annuities, 12 9 -16; and India Bonds, 755. to 775. pm• The dealings in Spanish have not excited special attention. The market was good throughout the day, but a slight reaction occurred in quo t at i ons s h ortly before the termination of business. Th e N ew Th ree per Cents. opened at 354 to I, fell to 344 t o 35 , an d were finally quoted 34% to 4 ; Mexican stock was a trifle higher, one or two purchases being effected for the rise ; the Five per Cents. closed 301 to 4, and the deferred. 8% to 9. In other foreign securities there was no material alteration. The last quotations were Portuguese converted,so to 4; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents., 564 to s ; the Five per Cents., 1004 to I ; Colombian, 241 to 25 ; Brazilian, 744 to 754 ; and Belgian, 204% to 105%. THE NEMESIS IRON WAR STEAMER.—The following is an extract of a letter from an officer on board this vessel, dated Calcutta, Feb. 16, 1813 :—" I have just time to say that the good old craft has, at last, reached her port of desti nation, after a more than interesting cruise on the coast of China. All the people here are delighted with her, and not a little astonished at her state of preservation. You would have been pleased to witness her arrival, as thousands are. We had a few of our well earned flags, which we took from the Chinese, flying, and I think I never saw her look better, painted inside and out, of course. I fear her honourable days have passed away, but, I trust, only for a time, her ser vices being required to tow transports up, a proof, if any were wanting, of her being now ready for service. I only wish there was a row at Rangoon. I would sail for the place with a thousand men to-morrow ; yes, without taking her into dock." By the overland mail a Chinese drawing of this famous war steamer was received. It is very rude, remind. ing one of drawings of ships two or three centuries ago. The figures and the guns on the deck are ludicrously portrayed. In the corners are Chinese sentences describing the Nemesis, of which the following is a translation :—" This war steam -ship is above 300 cubits long, and more than 30 high in the hull. Iron is employed to make it strong. The hull is painted black, weaver'a shuttle fashion. On each side is a wheel, which, by the use of coal fire, is made to revolve as fast as a running horse. White cloth sails are used to pro pel the ship when the wind is favourable. At the vessel's head is a marine god, and at the head, stern,- and sides are cannon, which give it a terrific appearance. Steam -vessels are a wonderful invention of foreigners, and are calculated to afford delight to many." On the chimney are the Chinese characters " Yew-tung," smoke passage, and on the paddle box " Chay-kae," wheel covering. CAUTION. —The following paragraph has appeared in several of the Dublin papers, and as we have some reason to believe that the person referred to in it has come to Liver pool, we gladlv insert the caution :—" CAUTION TO THE, PUBLIC.--A person ca lli ng hi mse lf a P r ot es t an t c l ergyman from the Waldenses of Piedmont, has, for several months back, been collecting money in Dublin and throughout Ire land. It is important, therefore, that the public should be informed, that an official document has been received from, the body of the pastors of the valleys, declaring that the person alluded to is not a pastor of their church, nor even a member of it, and that his name is altogether unknown in their valleys. The pastors also declare that they have passed a resolution not to grant any certificates of distress, or to give any written authority whatever, to any Vaudois, to ask charity, or to collect money u nder any pretence out of their own valleys. Th e Vaudois church has accredited agents in London, and a reference to them or to the secretary for the Continental Soci e t y i n Dublin, would prevent undeserving persons from recei v i ng, for their own pr i va t e use , t h at assistance which is so much needed b y numbers of poor families in- the Protestant valleys of Piedmont, who are suffering from the intol erance and persecu tions of a c h urc h has ever shown itself a bitter enemy to those truths of the Gospel for which the Vaudois of old nobly contended and bled, and for which truths the twenty thousand Protestants of the valleys are now as ready to lay down their lives as were even their heroic martyred ancestors of old. The Vaudois'church has received many and great favours from the Protestants of Great Britain, and those travellers who have visited the valleys can bear testimony to the deep grati tude which the honest, warm-hearted inhabitants feel for all that has been done for them, and to the kind affectionate manner in which an Englishman is received amongst them ; and it was to prevent the risk of any abuse of the generosity of their friends and benefactors that they passed the rest?. lution not to authorise anyOillief;l;:wdy to collect money in foreign =atria." Niw 010461 i L.)004, No. 80,-4 tiow Ovitup 1,44a0 WM opened yesterday evening, at Birkenhead, under very favourable auspices. A great many brothers were initiated, and the proceedings passed oft' with harmony and loyal feeling. . . NEW DINING ROOMS.-Mr. Franklin late of the Ship masters' Association Room, has opened very comfortable and commodious rooms, in George-street, Oldhall-street. His politeness and attention while at his late place of busi ness, ought to be a recommendation sufficient to ensure him plenty of visitors. THEATRE ROYAL.—MR. HARGREAVES' NEW OPERA. —The opera of " Marinette," which has been some time in preparation, was produced last night. There was a very fashionable house. The opera was quite successful. Many of the songs were encored; and the curtain fell amidst long and loud applause. Mr. Hargreaves was called for, but Mr. Hammond stated he believed he was not in the house. We shall notice this opera more at length on Friday. LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.WE are glad to find that the directors of this institution are commencing their lecture campaign with vigour. Dr. Booth, whose literary reputation is said to be first-rate, delivers his second lecture on Acoustics to-morrow evening. On Friday Mr. Crowe will deliver a lecture on Vocal Music, the illustra tions of which, we hear, will comprise some music of a novel character, together with some anthems, madrigals, and choruses of established reputation. These, when sung by four hundred voices, will be an extraordinary treat, especi ally in the noble lecture hall of this institution, which is so generally commended for its admirable adaptation to musical purposes. We anticipate as crowded an attendance as on the day of its opening. The worshipful the Mayor has sig nified his intention to be present. HOUSE ROBBERY. -- Arthur Calligan and Jane Burns were placed before the magistrates, on Saturday, charged with having been concerned in robbing the house of Mrs. Hannah Hawkes Neates, a widow, residing in J ac k son - street, Har rington. Mrs. Neates left her house on Thursday last, at twelve o'clock, and locked the door after her. She returned at a quarter before ten o'clock, and was unable to unlock the front door. She procured assistance and got in, when she found that the house had been ransacked from top to bottom, and about £l5 worth of apparel carried away. On Thursday afternoon John Roberts, a carpenter, who resides neat the prisoner Burns, saw Calligan and two others carry a large bundle to her house. From their conduct be surmised that they were engaged in some improper transaction, and he in formed police-officer Grupie of his suspicions. The officer, accompanied by his inspector, went to Mrs. Burns's house, and met her with a hundle in the entry. They examined it, and afterwards searched the house, and found a large Quantity of wearing apparel. The robbery at Mrs. Neates's house was subsequently made known, and it was found that the clothes were her property. Mrs. Burns and Calligan were, therefore, apprehended. They were committed for trial. IMPUDENT ROBBERY AND ASSAULT.—Robert Bardsley, alias Bradshaw was, on Saturday, pl ace d a t th e b ar o f t h e Police -court, charged with having stolen a watch, the pro perty of William Whittleton, publican, Sefton-street. Ann Ellis, a pretty, delicate looking girl, barmaid at Mr. Whit tleton's house, stated that, at half-past five o'clock on the morning of the Sth March last, she was in the bar parlour, when she heard the drawer opened. She had, about ten minutes previously, seen a watch, and about 16s. in silver, in the drawer. She hastened to the bar, and saw the priso ner and a lad standing at the counter. The drawer was wide open, and she missed the watch and money. The prisoner said he would have a glass of rum, but, suddenly turning away, he said he had not money enough, though she saw a shilling in the boy's hand. Both were hastening to the street, when she followed and intercepted them, telling them to return the watch. She caught hold of the prisoner, and saw the boy endeavouring to pass the watch to him. She seized it, and succeeded in obtaining possession of it. Though the prisoner struck and kicked her with great violence, she managed, for a length of time, to maintain her hold ; but, as no person was in the house but herself, and he continued to strike her violently on the mouth and kick her legs, she was at length compelled to let him go, when both ran off. In formation was given to the police, and Inspector Towerson found the prisoner, on Saturday morning, secreted in a chim ney in a house in Bolton-street. The prisoner was committed for trial, THE WEATHER.—After an almost unexampled prolon gation of ciii;ling winds, accompanied latterly by rather severe frosts and falls of hail and snow that threatened the growing crops, we have:for the last few days experienced a genial change of temperature accompanied at the commence ment with considerable falls of rain. This relaxation com menced on Friday morning (on which day it was full moon in the afternoon) and the weather has since been favourable to the progress of vegetation, though so dull and hazy that the sun has scarcely been enabled to enliven us with his cheering rays. We rejoice to say, that, so far as we have heard or learned, the growing crops have sustained little or no injury from the somewhat late and stern visitation to which we have been subjected. The wheat and grasses in this neighbourhood never, we believe, looked better at this time of the year, and give promise of an abundant harvest. The fruit-trees and vegetables had generally been held so far backwards by the absence of unseasonable heat, that they too, have passed the trying ordeal without perceptible damage, if we except in some instances, the forced and least protected of the early potatoes. The opinion is gaining ground that wheat will by the autumn sustain a considerable fall in price, bringing it, perhaps, as low as 40s a quarter ; but our consumption is so great that we do not hazard an in dividual opinion. All we shall say is, that we may now safely anticipate the advent of the real summer; and from the generally fine state of the land, an:extraordinary flush of ve getation. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—We are sorry to learn from -a letter addressed to Captaink Joseph Cooke, superin tendent of the pilot service at this port, by Captain Cornish, of the ship Pickwick, dated 2d March, in lat. 3 10 N, long. 20 40 W. that Mr. Cooke, the chief mate of that vesse l, ( an d a brother-in-law of th e first named gentleman,) and Mr. Henry J. T. Browne were unfortunately drowned from on board that vessel on the 19th of February last. The follow ing is an extract from the letter :—" On Sunday, the 19th February, at twenty minutes past eight, when in lat. 18 20 N., long. 25 10 W., ship going seven knots before the wind, and rolling much with a heavy northerly swell, Mr. Cooke and Mr. Browne were skylarking about the decks. I then went on deck, when they gave over, and I thought no more about it. About ten minutes after, as I was standing on the break of the quafter.dock, I accidentally turned round, and at that moment L saw a leg, I think of. poor Cooke, level with, the rail, I ran aft, but was too.late. ',then threw the life-buoy overboard, put the helm down, and brought the ship right a-back ' • cut away the g i g w ith f our men, and hoisted a light a t the gaff end. The gig returned about ten o'clock, after pulling about for Wore than an hour, but I am sorry to say, brought no tidings of either Mr. Cooke or Mr. Browne. I think they must have been stunned in falling, by striking on the quarter-barge, as they neither spoke nor made any noise whatever. indeed, we should not have known what had become of them, had I not turned my head at the time of the accident. I never saw them afterwards." A BOATMAN FINED FOR DRUNKENNESS.—Yesterday, at the. Police-court, a boatman named Higgins was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of being drunk, on the 13th instant, while in charge of a boat employed in conveying a number of persons (amongst whom was the butler of Fras. Haywood, Esq.) to the p ac k e t- s hi p G arr i c k , then lying off the Prince's Pier. The case was brought before the magis trate on an information laid by Inspector M`Gill. It ap peared that on the day in question the defendant had agreed, for a stated sum, to take the parties on board the vessel, which was on the eve of sailing ; and that after getting into the stream, and proceeding part of the way, he refused to take them cm board without a further payment, using, at the same time, abusive language, amongst which was, " that he would sink them unless they gave him more money." He was in liquor at the time. Some part of the charge could not be sufficiently proved, the suffering parties having gone with the Garrick ; buethe " drunkenness " of the defendant was satisfactorily shewn by Mr. M`Gill, and that charge was mainly pressed by the advice of Superintendent Leverett, to whom' the case was reported. It was substantiated, and the defendant was fined 40s. and costs.—[This was, in our opi nion, a very proper conviction. We are not ourselves aware whether men navigating, or having the charge of, open boats on the river, are required by act of parliament, or bye-law, to have a license, or a certificate of competency. and good character for honesty and sobriety ; but if it be not so, and they are amenable to a fine only, on proof of misconduct, we think it high time that the authorities having jurisdiction over the river should, in their next " improvement " act, introduce a clause to that effect. Certain we are that, though we have many good and civil boatmen, we have many others who seize every opportunity to extort money from those who may fall within their power. Rates of charge for conveyance by boats cannot, from the nature of our river and the varie ties of wind and weather, be so laid down as fares by cars and coaches; but surely the public should have some guarantee against imposition and insolence, by a licensing system ad. mitting of only men of character. For the information of parties hereafter aggrieved, we may state that the act (which is little known) under which the information of yesterday was laid, is that of George IV., chap. 187, sec. 73. It enacts, " that any boatman or boatmen, or other person or persons, in charge of or employed in navigating any vessel or boat plying for hire on the River Mersey, or else where within the limits of the port, or in the carriage of luggage, &c., shall on board such vessel or boat be guilty of drunkenness, or riotous and disorderly conduct, or of any breach of the peace, or of any wanton or malicious mischief, or injury, to any person or persons on board, or to his, her, or their property, or to the vessel, &c., or of any breach of contract, parole or in writing, or of extort ing or demanding any further sum than that agreed upon, and not performing the contract, such offender or offenders shall forfeit any sum not less than ss. nor exceeding 10s. for each such offence."] NEW PYROMETER.-At the meeting of the Polytechnic Society on Tuesday last, we observed a model of a new pyro meter, invented by our townsman, Mr. Miller, lithographer and draftsman, which, although there was not an opportu nity of exhibiting it that evening, from the length of the pre vious discussion, is, we think, worthy of notice. The model of the pyrometer consists of two discs, set in a frame, one of copper and the other of cast iron, with a graduated index close to the rim of the copper disc. The discs revolve in the same plane, edge to edge, and by contact. At the tempe rature of 32 deg. Fahr. they are of the same size, 10 inches circumference. At temperatures above and below 22 deg. the discs do not agree in size, owing to the unequal relative expansion of copper and iron by heat and cold. Copper be ing more affected by changes of temperature than iron, it fol lows that, at temperatures below 32 deg. the iron disc is the larger, and at temperatures above 32 deg. the copper disc is in excess. The increase by heat in the len g th o f th e cir cumference of the copper. disc beyond that of the iron one, is, however, so very small, that a line drawn across the edges of each, at the points of contact, may, after one revolution, seem again to coincide, but, by a sufficient number of revo lutions, the discrepancy, arising from the superior expansion of the copper, may be multiplied so as to amount to the tenth part of an inch ; thus, if the dilitatian of the copper by 180 deg. Fahr. lengthens its circumference beyond that of the iron the hundredth part of an inch, (which is nearly the amount,) then ten revolutions will give one tenth of an inch. The excess of expansion acquired by the copper will be according to the intensity of heat ; and the number of revo lutions required to place the two lines that coincided on the edges of the discs before they were revolved, at the dis tance of, say the tenth of an inch, from one another, will he the measure of the excess of expansion and of the tem perature. The chief apparent advantage that this instru ment offers is facility to multiply the very small difference that results from the expansions of two different metals and other substances. It will be seen that forty revolutions of the wheels, having circumferences of only ten inches, give a difference equal to that of the linear expansions of two rods of the, same metals each four hundred inches, or thirty-three feet eight inches in length. This model appears to be suf ficiently sensitive, and to give tolerably accurate indications of temperature, so far as it can be compared with a mercurial thermometer. The materials of which it is composed are not, of course, suitable for the measurement of very high temperatures; but if the- principle should otherwise seem feasible, the inventor proposes to substitute more refractory substances, such as black-lead ware, Nankin porcelain, &c. By employing discs of the same metal, but of different sizes, so that the circumference of the one shall be equal to the diameter of the other, a mechanical approximation may be made to the ratio which the diameter of a circle bears to its circumference. The diameter and circumference of a circle being in commensurable, lines drawn across the rims of these discs at the points of contact will never meet by any numbe of revolutions; but the approximation of Archimedes will be exhibited after seven revolutions of the larger disc, and twenty-two of the smaller, and the still closer approxi mations of 106 to 333, and 113 to 335. We understand Mr. Miller proposes to exhibit a still more perfect model, illustra tive of the principle he has discovered, at a future meeting of the Polytechnic Society. 001i4innVi l vt,At the Police,wit yootortioy i two WA, Thomas Regan and Hugh Colville, were placed et tho baY charged with having stolen a watch. It appeared that the morning of the 12th instant Mr. John Maclean, pawn brolier, Greenland-street, who had previously exposed some watchei in higiVindow, found that the corner of a pane of glass had been cut from one of the frames, and on the 14th he missed a watch, and had bills printed describing it. On Saturday last he was shown a watch by a police-officer, which was that missing. Mr. Allwood, pawnbroker, Vauxhall road, said, that on the afternoon of Saturday the two pri soners came together to his shop. Colville had a watch in his hand, which he offered to sell, saying, he did not want to pawn it. He said he wanted four guineas for the watch, which had cost eight pounds. Regan said it was a good watch. Mr. Allwood found, on looking at the printed police notice,, that the watch corresponded with the description of that stolen, and had the prisoners put in custody. On the way to the Bridewell, Colville said it was Regan's watch, which the latter denied. A person also came up and said to Regan, " What is up, Tom ?" and Regan replied, " I am going to Bridewell about that d—d watch." Colville said he had no participation in the matter other than in taking it to the pawnbroker's. Regan said he found it in a handkerchief and in a hole of a wall of an outbuilding. The prisoners were committed for trial. DEATH OF DAY, THE NEWSMAN.--In Our list of age of the of death eig h eighty-two twGeorgen years. th de e at n h e s w is sm th a e n newsman, at the advanced had been a newsman almost from the beginning of the pre- announcement pre sent century. He commenced the vocation, we believe, about the year 1803, by carrying out the daily paper started by the late Dr. Solomon, the celebrated inventor of the eßalm of Gilead, a medicine once in the greatest vogue. T doctor furnished Day with a horse, on which he rode about the neighbouring country selling the paper. The speculation did of f o t m a n n n s w e - y e r i , )y a nhdi leis he brn d a o d c to s a et f , te d r i s los in e nnt gconsiderable n n a e dit s sum publication. Day next carried out all the weekly papers then published, four in number, namely, Billinge's Advertiser, on Monday, (of whichth hren eL i i e v le er n p n ool me Tri7dnneessday, which isthecon diedtinua in 80 continuation ; I )t 9 he ; Liverpool Chronicle, Gore's General Advertiser, on Thursday ; and the Satur day's Advertiser, which died about twenty years ago. Some years afterwards he joined the dealing iinolde-bsooekest, at to the the vending of newspapers, and kept a shop corner of Cheapside. Here be entered into the London newspaper trade, which had been monopolised, up to the time of Day's competition with him, by a well-known indi vidual, named Brownbill. Day could not, however, make the London daily trade pay; and, like many other people, he himself could not pay the metropolitan newsman. The con sequence was, that Day either gave up the daily business, or the daily business gave up Day. The London business then fell into the hands of Me. Willmer and Mr. Arnold, and Day, unable to do any good with the daily papers, was com pelled to confine himself to the local weekly ones. When in the vigour of his days, Day rode and " ran to and fro, and knowledge was increased.' But, as " age, with its stealing steps," began to "claw bim in its clutch," Day's running days were over, and he began, first to walk, and then to crawl, until, Day's days drawing to a close, bay, who had been one of the great enlighteners of his day, by the diffusion of the knowledge which is contained in a newspaper, which, Lord Brougham says, is " the best possible public instruc tor," was obliged to retire from the world, in which he had played a conspicuous and useful part, and die, like many other benefactors of mankind, in poverty and obscurity. Poor Day ! who does not remember his well-known round, squat, bulky person ? who has not heard the blast of his equally well-known horn, as, laden with his budget of news, he hurried and then crawled through the streets of the town ? " Alas ! poor Yorrick !" " The place that knew him once will know him no more for ever." He has, however, for the consolation of posterity, left his image behind him in the person of his son. Young George P. Day, allowing for the difference of years, is as like old George P. Day as two Ps. He, too, is a newsman : he, too, rides a horse, and, like his father forty years ago, scours the country far and wide on horseback, vending newspapers and enlightening the public : he, too, carries a horn, or, rather, a bugle, and excels his father in this, if not in any thing else, in the skill, namely, with which he plays upon it every favourite and popular tune. May young Day be as good a man as old Day was, and may he, surrounded by little Days, end his tlays, unlike those of his father, in peace and plenty !—Albion. PRESENTATION OL PLATE TO THE REV. GEORGE SALT. —Previous to the departure of the Rev. George Salt to the preferment to which he has lately been presented, a numer ous and respectable meeting was held in the National School, Wem, for the above purpose, and rarely has it been our lot to witness a more gratifying scene. Pryce Bowen, Esq„ of Edstaston House, stated that he was deputed on behalf of the subscribers, to present Mr. Salt with a tea andcoffee service of plate, as some slight acknowledgement of the value of his services as a minister of the Established Church, and as a memorial of the regard and esteem in which he had ever been held. Mr. Bowen then spoke of the loss which the inhabitants of Edstaston would experience by the remo val of a Pastor who had laboured with unwearied zeal among them for nearly twenty years, and assured the rev. gentleman that, when he was far away, his ;deeds of charity and labours of love, would be gratefully remembered : that his name would be cherished for the faithfulness with which he had urged on his hearers the blessed truths of the Gospel , and that as the friend, tliCadviser, and in structor of all within the sphere of his duties, his de parture from among them would cause a loss, which they should all most deeply feel. Sir. contined itl r. Bowen, we all thought that you ought. not to be allowed to depart with out some public expression of our gratitude for your services, and some memorial of the respect and regard which we en tertain for you. And when I add that, in the subscription list is found the names of very many of the humbler class in your chapelry, I state that which must be most gratifying to your feelings, for it carries the surest testimony to your use fulness as a clergyman amongst them. It only remains for me now, on behalf of all the subscribers, most respectfully to beg your acceptance of the testimonial before you, and to express, in their name, and for myself, our united wishes that you may be spared to the fulness of years, and that God's blessing may rest with you and yours.—R. W. Smith, Esq. of Tilley House, then said, that on the part of the inhabit ants of the town of Wen), he had been requested to express the pleasure they felt in being permitted to join the chapelry of Edsbaston in their testimonial to their pastor's worth. Mr. Smitk's speech throughout was replete with Christian feeling, and our only regret.is that the limits of our paper do not allow us to state fully what he said.. His eulogy on the rev. gen tleman was couched in warm terms, and much and sincerely as he wished him prosperity , he c ou ld not b ut d eeply regret esetsti ninon ► - MY - VW, wtichn he had so' cote. taken " sweet counsel." As a clergyman, too, Mr. Salt had been most exemplary, preaching the word with all plainness, and lahouring in season and out of season, for the welfare of those committed to his charge. Mr. Salt on rising said, that on the present occasion he could not find words adequate to ex press his feelings. It was not in his power to respond to the very kind and gratifying manner in which his highly respected friend and parishipner, Mr. Bowe n , an d hi s equal l y valued friend, Mr. Smith, had thought proper to address him. Hav ing; continued the rev. gentleman, arrived at the close of my ministry amongst you, now that I am about to enter on a new sphere of duties, you are assembled to soften the pain of separation, to cheer me onwards by your good wishes for my prosperity,,by your too partial praise of my poor labours in this district, and by this substantial proof of your approval of my conduct. While I ponder on the many things in which I have failed, you by your acts to day declare, that you over look my defects. lam sure you will not mistake my mean ing when I say, that costly as this testimonial of your regard is, its worth is multiplied a thousand fold, as expressing the approving sentiments of those whose good opinion I prize. In this act of yours to day, I see what I believe was not over looked by you—it is an introduction to the distant parish over whose interests I have been called to watch, being a guarantee to them that I have not been altogether useless and unacceptable to my former flock. I take with me your good wishes, may I not say also, your prayers ? Your prayers that I may diligently uphold the ordinances of our apostolic church, that I may faithfully and plainly preach the Word, and that God's grace may be with me that I preach not in vain. I shall only say, in con clusion, that my prayers will be offered up for you, and I humbly beg that every blessing which you ask for me may be returned a hundred fold into your bosoms." Mr. E. Gwynn, jun., moved, in a long and very able address, a vote of thanks to Mr. Bowen and Mr. Smith, and the Rev. W. Boulton seconded it. The meeting then broke up. The service of plate is chaste and elegant. Each piece bears this inscription :—" Presented to the Rev. George Salt, A.M., as a memorial of regard and esteem from his late parishioners. Edstaston and Wem, April, 1843 ."—Abridged from The Shropshire Conservative. [The reverend gentleman, to whom the above gratifying proceedings refer, is a cousin of Mr. C. F. Salt, of this town.] FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE LOSS OF THE SOLWAY. We have, on the eve of going to press, been kindly favoured by Messrs. Willmet and Smith with a Second Edition of the Morning Post, from which we extract the following : (From our Falmouth Correspondent.) , l 16 A.M. The accompanying de spat FALMOUTH April ches were received by Eight the Lady Mary Wood steamer, arrived last evening at past eight o'clock, with the Peninsular mails ; her dates of leaving are from Gibraltar the 6th, Cadiz the 7th, Lisbon the 10th, Oporto the 11th, and Vigo the 12th inst. This vessel brings the frightful intelligence of the loss of the Royal mail-steamer Solway, which left this Port on the 3rd instant, for the West Indies, with mails, freight, and passengers, and reached Corunna on the 7th instant, quitting that place the same evening at 10 p.m. ; it appears that at midnight of the same day she struck on a reef of rocks about 15 miles west of that city (supposed the Baldayo), and in twenty-five minutes sunk, taking with her the Commander Duncan, the surgeon, a midshipman named Hull, seventeen passengers. and twenty-one of the crew, together with the mails, freight, &c. ; the whole of the boats it would seem from what we have been able to learn, were got out with the exception of the one on the starboard paddle-box, and the survivors reached Corunna the next morning ; a French steamer-of-war lying there immediately proceeded to the wreck, and saved the life of a lad who was in a swamped pin nace (together with the body of the dead midshipman). They found the mast-heads of the Solway were above water. Mr. Lane, the purser, with Messrs. Ancran and Davies, passen gers, came home per Lady Mary Wood, by proceeding to Vigo. This dreadful calamity will cause a strong sensation in the country, and has created in this place the most distressing feelings, some of the crew being shipped here, and the names of the sufferers not yet ascertained. CORRESPONDENCE. POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.—SMOKE QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—As it may be expected that I should reply to the report of Mr. C. W. Williams's paper on the prevention or combustion of smoke, read at the last meeting of the Poly technic Society, and which appeared in your Friay's pub lication, and in the Albion of to-day, I trust you will allow me to state, through the medium of your paper, that I have neither time nor leisure to engage in a newspaper controversy. I take it for granted, however, that Mr. Williams will pub lish his paper; and I anticipate little difficulty in being then able to expose the fallacy of his odd notions, and to annihi late the fancied triumph iti which, I hear, he is at present so greatly exulting. I am, sir, yours, s m ., C. J. SM ITH Liverpool, April 17, 1843. PRINCE GEORGE OF CAMBRIDGE.—We have learned with extreme satisfaction that his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge has been pressed to accept the appointment of Colonel of the Staff (an office of a similar character to that of Commander of the Forces,) under Lord Seaton, in the lonian Islands ; and that it is more than probable that his royal highness will be induced to afford the country the benefit of his services in the very important and honorable office thus 'tendered for his acceptance.—John Bull. An ingenious individual at Barnard Castle is said to have invented a new musical instrument, the tone of which is con sidered very greatly superior to the ophiclide, and, in conse quence of its being made of wood, its weight does not exceed that of a very light bassoon,, whilst the power is said to equal the bass pipe of a church organ. The appearance of the in strument is rather grotesque, being similar in form to two 1 square wooden spouts stuck together, with a small pipe pro jecting from the centre, and an eggcup-looking mo u th p i ece at the end. BROCIATION 0? ASS IMO IIVEIIPOOI4 TRADHSMEN The quarterly meeting of the members and friends of the Wed' above association:wasbeld at the Clarendon-rooms, on nesday evening, the 12th instant—Mr. FLOWER in the cba. It was not numerously attended, but what was wanting • numbers seemed to be compensated for by the resPectahthti and intelligence of the persons present. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings , said he hDPed _ mi . that the smallness of their numbers upon the pres ent ?l - son would not damp t the ardour of those true and able friends; wa s: by whom he was surrounded. He believed—indeed, fia, too well known—that at the present season the ha t r r i . i n ° t th e. hour were such as even at that late hour to P re ding greater number of their suffering brethren from attl at ber their meeting. He believed it was not indifferenc e %,,bee cause, but absolute inability, which prevented a large neT i oi from attending; and he, therefore, held that it was the of the more fortunate who were here to exercise inc r" ,l energy in behalf of those who were absent. The C lia 1. "7 0 g ran briefly through the incidents of the past quarter, whose which he noticed the appointment of two collectors, , 3 a exertions had considerably increased their numbers, 8001 the enabled the committee to pay off a large proporti on by old debts, as well as to make some important nweeco, which public sympathy might be directed to their gri eva ; n trt- He mentioned that 10,000 copies of a tract bad b een die let buted among the middle and lower classes of the P e°P to which had the effect of inducing large numbers abstain from the practice of evening shopping. Th e ' ens, of distributing these had not been entrusted to hired Pe re- 02 . but had been performed by members of the committee tboce selves. The Chairman next alluded to the alleged indiffere,bss of the assistants to their own cause. He could not denYl tb o there had been too much ground of complaint 110 11 0er head ; but he had reason to hope that, as they became doe acquainted with the object of the association, and the atain tages of health and education which would attend the ment of the little leisure that was asked at the bands Of 00' employers, a better spirit would appear among the m ' then read a letter from Lord Sandon, in answer to 3 0 1 bis cation for pecuniary aid, in which his lordship ezprese.. be 1 " readiness to contribute £5, but would withhold 1 , a could be assured that the assistants themselves eheP e Zold proper disposition to support their association. This " his be the second donation of that amount contributed by of persoanbour lordship. (Cheers.) The Earl of Sefton had also gi e r o s. at the formation of their body, and was now an an eli tnera scriber of .E 5. (Cheers.) There were many other , - , e l; and subscribers whose names would be shortly publiaua; they were names of which any cause might well be Pruiing and the feeling that they were supported with the aPPr e en erg patronage of such men would give hope and m a yor to the committee under every difficulty. The n„ n ts had been asked to patronize this cause ; and the aat's-bad -owed a debt of gratitude to the Rev. F. Barker, wh o ct his kindly undertaken the task of ende a vouring to int ere : - ;(0 1 worship in their behalf. The May o r had expressed hi e raol will towards the sufferers ; but befo r e su b s cribing he 91 '" ff to know the feeling of the employers upon the matters. t he he could learn that the employers were favourable to bat alterptinn proposed, he would not only give a donation , 10 aid diem by his official influence. As Mr. Gladstone; ~a would g,ladly help the cause, but as Mayor of Llve r P ° o l g; could not take a part in a movement which might be t ii . h ° oow to nipate against the interests of the masters. "•%;sle, became the business of the committee to obtain, if P °9- 0 1 some demonstration of the good-will of the employers' ba d here it became his painful duty to announce that they eminently failed—it had become evident that the er e P lei o. were not willing to concede the boon they sought. T hie l,. of lic had shown their willingness to comply with the Prey - o r the assistants—the employers were now avowedly th e ,,ics . posing parties—they were making haste to be rid—a c :o l d was the all-absorbing passion of their souls—the " P a , r ;seil . care," so often talked about, turned out to be an eraP",,i n ds unmeaning sound. Oppression seems to be the rule ness the very rare exception. But Were were exceP - c h a and it was delightful - to think upon the conduct of O f t he man as Mr. Townsend, of Bold-street, who, regardlese,e„ st example of his neighbours, uniformly closed his Perot seven throughout the year. While others were lookingoot to the right and to the left, and over the way to see„,,a their neighbours were about, he steadily and cousn, of went on doing what he conceived to be right, regail i nfr. what others did, or thought about his actions. AV"' 1f $ Wright,.the hatter, of Church-street, had proved biEn d " thri friend—he had twice contributed to their funds, and d' were. in possession of a letter expressive of his great !roll will, and of his desire to be among the first who shotll4P4.o in with the better regulations sought by the assistants• •o. were others whose kindness deserved their thanks, hut the fortunately the balance of numbers was against thern;te, majority believed they should be losers by a new al it of ment, and could see no advantages in any gain but t u;poe money. It was impossible to make any impressiot s such men, and therefore it was impossible to gain the P e pre age and influence of the chief magistrate of Liverpool.' e of Chairman then pointed attention to the improved sch e T e at r emigration now under the consideration of the Gove ra 4 and hoped that it would prove such, as a large number `Vol class might avail themselves of it. At present the li° l3l3 „pplY labour was much greater than the demand—reduce the toll , and better terms might be ,expected. In one hous e " - f or i , where the employer had failed to perform his proiaiel, t s ae live to the hours of business, a feeling of disappointi ne !'„, t ba discontent was expressed (though, he was informed' 1- oei r most respectful terms) ; and at an hour's notice thirteee ase hands were taken on and the most efficient servae ts ot4 charged. Another house, in anticipation of a discoriteols outbreak, had given notice of an intention to diseha r totr the men, and to employ none but women in the e , t A e ment ; so that the burden which had been pronounc e "„ fro' insupportable by men, was to be placed upon the nitu",oo.! and feeble shoulders of fernalf sufferers. He had n e i iiio o ', [Dent to offer upon the humanity of such a nroP° - ,,,,d 0 ,, The Chairman then instanced a number of emPloY A er iislat preserved their health by leaving business early, 50 n ollet out of town; as well as others, who, by too co nstant,n,riosir, tion, had destroyed their health, as the health of Vt.,' 0 0 : tants' was daily and hourly destroyed ; but the latter ii: c ose' the opportunity of making a three months' tour to rf,,j themselves,—they must work on till the grave oPel7els receive them to its lasting mortal rest. He had W e il , ceP: number of anonymous communications, some of th e er ses,; veying important suggestions. He regretted that Peer` should write anonymously, as it deprived him of the and advantage of stating reasons why many of thos e s na t b _s v tions could not be carried' into effect. He relied al'i j or; N it, it citid energy ekisfed the committeec 4e fiej, to see a like spirit among all the assistants ; and b ,, e fei) relied upon the great kindness and benevolence w" ii ' e s t h h e e e i t r i manifested among a u m it o ina ng at t e h ly e t p r u iu b m lic ph a . t la (C rg h e e . ers ‘ijit tr li j.b s ;cl: c. . , /,. man concluded by calling upon r P ev d Mr. SCHOLER IELD; w hp i n a b r i e f b u t appropriat e introduced the first resolution, [for the resolution s advertising col umns ,] w hi c h was a bl y secon d e d ' obl i jr WI Mr. DuLtsr, who dwelt very feelingly u pon tie lotiOS so which the grea t er p or ti on o f th e ass i stan t s were suZiettlr,• Their class was de s pised, an d h a d b een f or a ges a 5 , • ° ,,;b 01 ? ridicule to the dramatist and satirist. The term ' was felt to be one of severe opprobrium. Why wa s because they were a well-dressed but a sickly and an e d tb_xv class ?—they wer e " ma d e u p f or s h ow ," an d perforra h e o t e O / parts as mere machines. 'Parks were to be opened , p i/ 00 for the assistants ; lecturers were pouring forth 5t r : 1 ,0 0. ,,L glorious knowledge, but they came not to refresh " a wn of the assistants—they were, indeed, despised and ° gi ll! tt is e s It was a gratifying task to thank their patrons hed been done—they had a nobility, in comparison I°l. to - 0 : 11 0 0 1 the lustre of their coronets, the stateliness of their 112,1 iti led or the grandeur o f th e i r equ i pages wou ld b e as nothrv -° ' sight of Him who h a d so warme d th e i r h ear t s toward" ing humanity. sP The second resolution was moved by Mr. Nirtalofs' , m T r. he ßo m u e r e n t s i , ng m w r. as vi t . he ß n . j er o e n ll es a , d m dr r e . ss m ed oo b d y y, lti r e loquently seconded by Mr. PURDAY held, and broke up at eleven o'clock. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE• edg 7 cr The Grand Jury of the city o f Cork have addre ss . - 00 0 morial to the Government i n f avour o f a ra il wa y cc"- 6 ff tion between London and D u bli n v i a H o l y h ea d. 1 • e ll " ' lt es RAILROAD FROM CHESTER TO HOLYHEAD. --- her i nt o rently reported, in well-i n f orme d c i rc l eS, that ah °t for 10 4 will scarcely elapse without measures being taken / 1 0 11 3 1i mencing the form a ti on o f a ra il roa d connec ting , 1- ye ! l ill with the Grand J unct i on R a il way. Governme nt :1;c 104 0 e rumoured, hinted th e i r w illi ngness to a id a project:o;of enable the Lond on ma il s to reac h D u b l i n in slate"rumoured, teen hours, and vice versa. RAILWAY TAX ATION , &C.—We fi n d, by a Pa r lis „ lll s e j j , return on this su bj ect, j ust pr i nte d , that t h e " t w i : duty" paid by th e p r i nc i pa l ra il way compan ies i`o s I :,,bic'" o lit rially on th e increase, except the Great Western , .„ tlre3ir the year endi ng March, 1842, paid £21,814 ; but l ' o rra / 4 11 1 ending March, 1843, paid £25,801. The LOl l lO. l O iningharn paid in 1842, .E 26,227 ; 1843, 's2'7'o9i- , k4,4; 111; Liverpool and M anc h ester f e ll o ff : i n 1842, 1 £6,798. The Grand Junction also fell off: in IS 42 'lv si ' o ry_, in 1843, £13,545. The South-Western. 1 842 ' t he 1 , or 181 3, £12,043. The Manchester and Leeds, h og sIA Midland, and the Midland Counties all fell 0ff , n8 4 ,70 4 ,1 to any great extent. In the year ending MateViras h ,' ts" whole . of the Scotch railways paid, exclusive 43 '.,,rearlithS. 45,420 ; in 1842 ; £11,657; in 1843, £15,125. - a bl 9 O entire of the increase in the last year is occasio ne d opening of the Edinburgh and Glasgow, which P a ,;f Another return sho ws , that there is no instan ce "i e of ( olt of mail-ba gs sent b y ra il way, w h et h er un d er the c a. o of 07 lar guards or not, and very few cases of d e tentio the re o ol' except on the G ran d J unct i on li ne , and on tha t b „Qg a „ eleven i ns t ances. Th e expense of, guards is ":„ di 4r o would be a d angerous exper i ment i n econornY ' . l.lls e with them, as certain of the Post-office reforni e - desire. —London paper. e e le r? JUVENILE DELINLIUENCY.—NearIy one-hal f tb eo cr ll ~ t ers for trial at the Wilts Quarter Sessions 10 '4 on"" under twenty ye ars o f age .—O ne was 13 yea rs 1 ",.% were 14 years, th ree 15 years, two 1 6 years, t vr- Are two 10 years, and four 19 years old. La n tij ;t e t f HORRIBLE MURDER.—Last Friday morning ~,5 1 10:. 1 lit- ; Hoynes, a farmer living at a place called Ra eh i icif 'bite near Newtown, and within two miles and a li a ". o ted 'as" had been engaged in planting cabbage plants, sa sl t he s " labourers, he was interrupte in his business Il i a fL appearance of two men who pretended to be laf he r ployrnent, and asked some questions as to wil,c;,`" etOe h t f orii hire them, to which he answered in the negat' v ",sas "of , he did not want them, particularly as the weatbera 100 goL. In an instant they threw off their disguise,.....,all,oB tf o t fiends in human shape. One of them told ta ° „' m,, w eerf r • e; his knees, pointing towards him the deadly v' t e",l ° o g taig,l contents of which he contrived to avoid bY "ibe II(); vie t h e blo- Del o under his arm, which was slightly wounded• Of - os=4 now fought hard for his life, and by knocked down one of his antagonists, who the re f e ile o aloud on his brother assassin for assistance , th a bo urer 10 ° ,‘, at the time in pursuit of the two timorous la t hee' were stangers) with a brace of pistols to sca re tbei r o tle l They ran off on account of his menaces, leavinguhi o e. f e t ;;; ; in a situation in which two native workmen vr° ing . 1 I left him in the hour of peril. The villain ba vi t heir V reit both assassins soon suceeded in dispatching eop ei lei h o p, They fractured his skull in a most frightful %jell e s a d • peated blows inflicted with the above prong. , *v oid h ope e lC snatched up during the struggle. SupnesinLe, oa ° ol 44 ,c e f; him dead, they walked into the dwelling- h 0 °o s, s deliberately broke open a box in one of the rov_ticieped the sum of £lOO. a lease, and various others l aec eos e dirr, also took away a gun, a piece belonging to th h i s sh also his riding-coat, which one of them flung the ag t oe‘.: They walked away through the street, seerot , her t o_ least hurry. A thresher was at work in el'ociOgleloo el time. A niece of the deceased, who had been P j o g 40 1 di! with one or two women in an outhouse, nn see tire , ' ell t be; hat reo og enter the dwelling-house, went to ask yr old, P 0 11 1 ", o when one of them, standing on the threshn_ te. o p 0 Po , pistol, ordering her to keep off. She then ' l l 3 l O, o ' o uncle, and judge of her terror on findin_g a o pse j e ti iseloicit . pitiable condition, stretched in his gore, a" a nd LA/ A less ! He was taken in between three meS his "led bee s , seat, where, recovering a little, he raise ve 02 01 0 0 rubbing his head, cried out, " Oh ! they ha w riot o r. o re,h:' they killed me—but had I any help, it w°u_er d uc e 90: , the case." There was a deep incision p , _.„tif 'fli aboDt ter clergyman was sent for, and medical aid In_!„. or tal• but all to no purpose, as the wounds were until happy man lingered on in the greatest agna_Y ;no ted o'clock on Saturday night, when death term oppre' ings. One of the murderers has been sin' Kilkenny Journal.