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ANIMAL ANIMAL MAGNETISM . - TAS EVENING, (Tueeday,) the sth A pr;i instant LAFONTAINE wilt. g ive a CONVERSAZIONI. the MEDICAL. INSTITUTION, Mount -pleasant, and subtr. the Public a series of Experiments. Tickets to be liad.eLthe Medical Institution, 2s. 6d:: To commence at Ei g ht o'clock precisely. ANIMAL MAGNETISM CONTRASTED WI N EU ROll YPNOLOGI MR. BRAID, Surgeo n, will deliver op the abovesubject, at the Music To- moaaow , 'WEDNESDAY EVENING Eight o'Clock in the evening. Front S Seats, ls. td. ; Gallery, 19. The Lec , ure will comprise Mr. Braii lions, and will be illustrated by experi relative value and importance of the diflerent moue rating for the induction of the phenomena, and their ap bility to the cure of what have hitherto proved to be intracta ble and incurable diseases. Three brothers, and others, born deaf and dumb, will be exhibited, all of whom have been restored to permanent hearing in a few minutes, and several to the use of speech by this agency. Mr. B. will show the transposition of the sense, and the supposed magnetic power of drawing ;alien wit 'lout contact,• with the true solution of thes and hitherto incomprehensible Mr. B. will also expla and that it was rful ascent- e mode dun y this agency Van Ambu dnima, HALL, 2s. Gd.; B s recent ments. s erising anny .gh gained his won- young lady who exhibited a degree of clairvoyance at Braid's former lectures will appear on this occasion. . NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC General Post-office, March, 1812. As it is not ssfe to transmit _Letters containing Coin or Articles of Jewellery through the Post, Parties having Occasion to remit small sums in Cash, are recommended to make use of the Money Order Office, where they will incur no hazard, Money Orders, for sums under Five Pounds, are granted and paid by every Pest Town in the United King dom, and by the Chief Office in ..57. Marlin's-le-Grand, the three Branch Offices, the Borough, and also by the principal Receiving I within the Twelve Mile Circle. Those who may desire to remit Bank, Notes or Drafts payable to Bearer, may Register the Letter on payment of a fee of Is. in addition to the postage ; in this case, the safest course will be to cut such Notes. &c. in half, sending each half, if possible, by two different Posts. In the case of Bank Notes or Bank Post Bills being sent, the Numbers, Dales, and Amounts should be carefully take. 'haring-cross 4-street, an With the great convenience tkus affardcra for transTitfing small Sums at so low a charge, and the power noth giros of Registering Letters containing value, it is hoped the PUN: will no longer forward Letters of value, excel - - other of these methods. By command. W. L. MXBERLY, t in one or Secretary SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Nine o'clock CHINA AND INDIA. DREADFUL INLELLIGENCE FROM CABUL.- ENTIRE DESTRUCTION OF THE BRITISH CABUL. FORCES.-ONE EUROPEAN ESCAPED. As we anticipated, we received, at six o'clock this morn ing, our papers, with the following important intelligence from China and the East ; and we acknowledge the great kindness of Mr.*Aylward and Messrs. Willmer and Smith in forwarding us third editions of the morning and evening papers. The following is the intelligence from China, and it Will be seen that nothing of importance has occurred. The dates from Macao are to the 17th January. CHINA The latest intelligence from China is to the 17th of Jan uary. The British expedition there appears to be waiting for the reinforcement from England and India. Neverthe less, a sort of hybrid warfare was carried on. The British Naval Commander at Hong Kong waseontinuinuthe seizure of the Chinese junks. The Chinese at Canton were busy in making the defences of that river as effective as possible. They had three Dutch engineers, for which they sent a junk to Java some months ago. It is not stated if those engineers belong to the Dutch army, although it is presumed they do. Their names are Van Scholte, Van Braam, and Van Schroek. The Chinese Emperor is represented as incensed and alarmed with the proceedings of the foreigners. Some of the reports from his lieutenants in the provinces he had read " with fast falling tears." Great preparations are stated to be made in the province of Pekin, which is under his own imperial jurisdiction, to resist the invaders, who are expected there. - - Large forces were collected in the neighbourhood of Ningpo, and as Sir Hugh Gough thought more troops necessary in order to maintain that position, the Admiral despatched a ship to take about 800 Europeans from Hong Kong. Her Majesty's ship Cornwallis had proceeded from Hong Kong to join the expedition. The Clio had arrived at Macao.. In Amoy on the 2d of January, and at Chusan on the 24th of December, the dates of the latest letters, all was quiet. The steamer Madagascar has been destroyed by fire; the crew, having taken to the boats, landed on the Chinese coast and have been saved by the interposition of the Hong mer chants. There was some alarm respecting two iron steamers, the Ariadne and Medusa, but intelligence has arrived of their safety. Tne ship Viscount Melbourne, Captain M'Kerlie, was lost between Singapore and Macao. Some of the crew reached Singapore, from whence an armed vessel has been sent to Sambas in quest of the remainder, who are supposed to have proceeded thither. The postscript of our Bombay letter announces, that an express had reached that town from Madras with the news of the arrival of the frigate Cambrian, having on board Lord Eltenborough, the new governor general. AFFGHANISTAN We take the following full details of the disastrous intelli gence from Affghanistan from a letter published 'in a third edition of the London Times, of yesterday, dated Bombay, March Ist, bringing down the narrative of events to the depar ture of the mail : The insurrection, which is described as participating in a great measure of the'religious enthusiasm to which the fana tical Moslems can be excited by the pi eachingot their 'maul's, broke out on the night of the first of November, when Sir Alexander Burnes, and his brother, Captain Broadfoot, of the 44th, were killed, the house of the first-named, being within the city, was plundered ; and some money in the treasury of Captain Johnson, which was close to the former horse, was made a prey of. The captairl having slept in the British cantonments, escaped the slaughter, as well as Briga dier Anguetelli and Captain Troup, who were his inmates. Captains Skinner and Drummond, Captain Trevor and his lady and his children remained for some days concealed in the city by some of their friends. Shah Soojab, who had on the 2d sent his son to the relief of Sir Alexander Burnes, where the Prince performed pro digies of valour, received on that day a communication from Sir W. H. }'Naughton, then in the cantonment, about five miles from the town, requesting leave for Brigadier-General Skelton with two regiments, and Captain Nicholl's troop;to elite's- the Balla Hissar, and to shell the town. Leave was given, and the shelling took place. The infuriated populace attacked the Commissariat Fort, which lay immediately to, tl e north of the town, between it and the cantonment, and, • as it was weakly defended, soon became masters of it. This was a dreadful blow to the troops, as at the time there was flour but for two days remaining in the cantonment. Ano her fort, in which some Commissariat stores were kept, was also attacked, and after a defence of three days by Captain Mackenzie, and a few men taken also, a panic appeared to have seized the troops, who found themselves, in the begin ning of winter, shut up in their cantonments in a valley 200 miles from the Indus, without sufficient clothing or food, end amidst a fanatical Mussulman population. Even be tween the British leaders a difference of opinion prevailed : the Envoy being desirous of offensive measures, while Gen. Elphinstone, from circumstances connected with the forces, among whom despondency and vacillation are described as then prevailing, maintained his opinion for defensive Ones. At the solicitation of the Envoy, some small forts in the neighbourhood, containing grain, were captured. Mea9- time the news of the dispersion of several of the Affghan corps in Shah Shooja's service, commanded by British offi cers, reached the besieged, and contributed to add to their gloomy prognostics. Various reverses and successes fol lowed during some days. The troops from the Balla Hisser were recalled to the Cantonment, and the Envoy urged a de cided attack on the enemy ; the General, however, main tained that all such attacks would be futile: the soldiers be gen to despond, and all was misery. There were, neverthe less, skirmishes every day, which did not .tend to raise the spirits of the sepoys and soldiers, who saw their enemy hourly increase, while they themselves had scarcely food and but insufficient raiment for the season. So greatly were they dispirited that they were one day driven back to their camp, after they had during three hours been exposed to a galling Are. The Ghilzee Chief Osman Khan did not choose to pur sue them within their entrenchments, where they, it was then feared, would have made a feeble resistance. Their provision was flour, which they obtained by bribery during the night. It was then recommended that all the troops should be concentrated in the Balla Hissar. Capt. Conolly, who was then with the Shah, advocated the propriety of so doing, but the military authorities declared the movement impossible,rs as they could not rely upon the disheartened troops. The last regiment was then withdrawn from the Balla Hissar, which is, as every one knows, a citadel on se h h i i l s l otowt_ he stward of t h e town, an d Sh a h Sh oo j a 'Was left to reso u rce. The insurgents, wh o cour from andaha, were aware of the movement of suc negotiations for the : t r ir appeared disposed to enter upon Envoy, on hearin g of theawal of the British troops. The and lning that no h brigade . retreat of the Canda ar could be expected from General Sale, theta at Jellabad, or fr om t as sent. Conferences took place, the Indus, gave a reluctant drawn up in Persian by Sir v W ce i l They are s a i d to and a long list of articles; to on both sides. arNaghton, was agreed Jl3e n e at d 20 a in number. a The second and favourite son homrned Akhbar Khan, who, M - father'sty his sur render had remained in Concealment, and had even escaped beyond th erm confines . of Aflig t h io a t r i s t t a a o n i • a de havingdecided e rn d a p d a e r t i his n L P e ue ranee dg the insurrec siegaociation. The insurgent chiefs exhAiited great willingness to have the British troops removed from Cu'oool, and arrange meats ents..braAfter meats are said to have been made for that purpose at different were held outsi d e o t n t e ho ca 2 n 2 tr D m e e meetings which various parlies, a message_ i w 7 as, H. M'N lughtI ught from Akhbar Khan to Sir . in. ag iten to r equ es t morning. Th e B ence . t . h F, e nvoy as interview on the following neanied by. Captains Lawrence, Trevor, went thither, acco!!! seized and forced to and Mackenzie. 1 h had not been present five minutes, y n and all were when a signal was. give n lzee c hi e f s . The British mount behind some um Trevor, who had slip_sisted, and was slain, I he had been placed. The mur as also Captain ped off the horse on wbie 4, „ hazees,. , or religious enthu derers are now said to bet siesta, who fight as soldiers f or " the sake of God," and sb rs. who, if killed in battle, are called , u ddees," or - h M as art be y en The treatment of Sir W. H. Macnag hten's body d escribed is stated to have described as most barbarous. ladyr to its being de offered a large sum for its ransom, in or dc ' cently intered. The other two officers we re saved by the Gs who dread of the Gharzees to fire at them, lest th e turne hilzee d to the rode before them should be, wounded, they re appears, cantonment of the 28th. Akhbar. Khan has ' it 1-7P.mMac. boasted of his having in person killed Sir W. naghten. of Herat, - Major Pottine•er, well known since the defence took charge of the British mission and the negeciations for , the withdrawal of the troops were continued. On the 6th of January they moved from their cantonments, which were instantly seized by the insurgents and burnt. The snow was one foot , deep on the ground, when the troops reached Beegrorna, three miles distant. The schemes of Akhbar Khan then became evident. He had despatched emissaries throughout the country through which the unfortunate Bri tish soldiers had to pass, calling the people to rise en maser, and slay the infidels. His call was not heard in vain. On the first day's march Cornet liardyman, of the sth Cavalry, and souse men were killed. Mahommed Akhbar Khan, who had taken charge of the retreat, contrived to induce the Bri tish to take up *Cations at night where he chose. On the SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.—Great consternation pre vailed here this morning, in consequence of its being reported that a portion of the stupendous tunnel, near Warren Farm, had fallen in just at the moment a train was passing beneath, and that a :great number of lives were sacrificed. I imme diately proceeded to the terminus of the railway, and after waiting till one o'clock the seven o'clock down train from London arrived, confirming, as far as the giving way of the tunnel, the information. It a ppears, however, that the acci dent happened soon after the seven o'clock train from South ampton had passed through, and that several workmen were busily employed in it at the time. On the arrival of the seven o'clock train from London at the tunnel, the passen gers were taken on to the next station in carriages, which bad been prepared with the greatest promptitude by the rail way company. One of them told me that he went to a cot tage near where the accident happened ,rand there lay the dead bodies of three remarkably fine young fellows, much muti lated, and that workmen were at the time busily engaged. in digging out a fourth. These are. all the lives sacrificed at present, bat there are three or four more so severely injured, that it is supposed they cannot recover. Mr. Dixon, the resident engineer to the line, was soon on the spot after the occurrence, and rendered his valuable assistance in directing the men employed in digging for the lifeless bodies of their unfortunate fellow-workmen. I can state, on very good au thority, that the accident will not cause a greater delay than ten days ' • and till it is repaired the passengers will have to be conveyed a short distance in carriages. The father of one of the unfortunates, John Gambell, while suffering the greatest apparent agony, related the fol lowing facts : 'He (Gambell) stated, tliat for the last month or six weeks a soft chalky substance was observed to drop freely from the roof of the tunnel (the largest on the line, being upwards of 500 feet) and particularly about 30 feet from the mouth or entrance, on the Winchester side, and within . the last fort night the surface of the eyth over Ulla particular place was found to be giving way or sli;litly sinking, and it was then ascertained that previous to the formation of the tunnel, a bor ing had been made in this precise spot, to ascertain the depth of soil, and this caused a fissure, which being filled in, was of course by no means, E 0 firm as that around it, and to this was attributed the sinking at the top and the dropping at the bot tom above referred to. The attention of the engineer having been drawn towards it, eight or ten men were set to work to pressure from above, and from that period until when the melancholy accident happened, ' At the usual hour James Wat the one one 30 years and 20, James Allet, James masßatcheloi,2s, Daniel Laws, 23,Williarn 24,' and John Gambell, went to work, and nothing Aar was observable in the cutting until ten minutes to o'clock; when they were talking about going to break- At this moment, as poor Gambell describes it, the Lace about them began to close in like a whirlp ool, and Wat more, Nyas, Allett, and James Batchelor. were hurled into an abyss beneath, of from 40 to 50 feet, the tunnel underneath giving way to a distance of two lengths, as he describes it, or about 30 feet, and burying them in the immense mass of falling material. Lows, T. Bachelor, Knight, and a son of Wat rnwbf:hrf.eeslttlwfruomospaitcaoliiswidheerraeble height, and the two former Winchester severely injured as to be obliged to be removed to they were promptly attended to as ; pe b d ut h t o i l i d i s o have Lightfoot,giving vapi t i ; the of r surgeon. o Gambell states that he must immediately shared the fate of the four unfortunate men who had been crushed to death, had be not fortunately gr in a t y he and hands severely lacerated by ep la which i e fne hung from the scaffold ingceived a severe hurt t hadhae dreoputhghi rough o material right a 4 t o e cheek,ria feet, l oa arms,cdh ar chalk stone in his fall, and was carried to his home, at Mitchel De von, where he at present lies. 'emove the yesterday morning, they were so employed. more, aged 58 yearsehis two sons, the other 18, Charles Nyas, aged Batchelor,l9,Tho Knight Fo:NinlaapEyas Company 0 s rlNDlAnisntega,nSa,Tb-EsoAhuihel Medina R oya l W est I n di a M a il a S o n n i a F r s te a r p eight o' c l oc k. Th e Me atrivFd at S out h ampton on dina brought home three passengersguards. The one of whom was tie Hon. Capt. Cadogan, of the The Medina is the se cond vessel only belonging to this c' onpany that has yet b ro ught the mails from the West India Islands,have been here a and had she ,arth, to r e c a ll ~ n and ar detain n ot been detained at Nassau on the 3 d, would ten days earlier. She left Hava n a on t he I st N 1 rived at Nassau o n the 3d, where she was l qu ence of the non-arrival of the inter-colo nial mail.. copse_copse_Left Nassau on the 13th, and arrived at B - ermuda on the w kb she left on the same da y , and was 14 days l'ilo S o uthampton. She did not call at Faye'. When the Medin a left let: Havana, . it. was reportid that the Dee; another of the o npany'-s steamers; was on shore at Turk's Island, but the rumour was not credited. 1 7 di - I.4i+ more sues were seize tha rlarm ,i vo ri 1 bar Kha inquired , li4eci to act on Olt.the Bth e re ready mong the art the Britist LOtwitlasta It is pret t although I, and that notice of such a conytn,,,,.. at Candahar, and to General Sale, It is said to have been signed . by, General Elphinstone as Commander-in- Chief, and by Major Pottinger as acting Political Agent, and also by Brigadier Ang,netil. and Colonel Chambers. t Jellal --- Akhbar Khan, whose violent hatred to the British had been sharpened, not only by the conquest of his father's terri tories, but by his own exile and subsequent imprisonment in Bokhara, and by his wild fanaticism, demanded them, on the third day of the retreat from Cabul, that the British should, when surrounded by the Ghazees under his command, mate new terms with him, and promise not to proceed further than Tazeen; until the withdrawal of the force under under Sir R. Sale from Jellalabad was known, and he insisted on six instantly offered to be - one, and at Akhbar Khan's orderS Captain M`Kenzie and Lawrence were included. The Gha zees were however, not restrained in their attacks, and a fear ful slaughter followed on the movement towards Khoord Cabul. The column was attacked on all sides. The fourteen ladies who were in the centre seemed objects of .pecial desire. Mr. Anderson and Mrs. Boyd had each a child carried off. Akhbar Khan, while the Gliazees were thus busy, professed his inability to restrain them, and on the 9th January de manded that the ladies should be placed under his protection. The miserable weather, the snowy wastes, the rough moun tain tracks, and the month of January in the coldest regi ons of Central Asia, compelled them to yield : the hostages halted for some days in that neighbourhood. The demand on General Sale to relinquish his post was made on the 9th of January, and on that day he refused to do so unless by orders from the Supreme Government. His answer was taken hack to Akhbar Khan. The unfor- tunate Sepoys began again to move, and were again assailed ; the SepoyS who form such good soldiers under the broiling sun of India, being enervated and stupified by the cold, scarcely offered any resistance, and hundreds of them were soon dispatched by the Gharzee cut-throats, but the Euro peans and some brave men kept together until they reached the pass of Jugdelluk.' [ere General Elpbinstone and Brigadier Skelton became hostages, and were detained two miles distant by Akhbar.. General Elphinstone Wrote a note in pencil to Brigadier Anquetil—"cMarch to-night; there. is treachery." The British troops. marched early in the night; they came to the frightful, mountain pass • it was barricadoed ; they forced the way, and reached Jugdulluk, which they defended for some time. until Brigadier An quetil was killed. All order was then entirely lost, and confusion and separation, slaughter and destruction ensued. Several officers who were well mounted attempted to make good their way into Jellalabad. Some of them arrived within three. or four miles, when they were murdered and plundered, and their bodies left on the road. Only one officer, Doctor Brydon, of the sth Bengal Native Infantry, though wounded in several places and exhausted, succeeded in reaching the place of safety in Jellalabad on the 13th. Of the fate of the other 4000 soldiers and 6000 camp followers nothing certain is known ; many have been killed, others are dispersed, and as yet it is difficult to decide. The names of 35 officers have been published as killed from the commencement of the in surrection, but fears are entertained that they may amount to its quadruple, out of the great number missing. Some of the sepoys are said to have been sold as slaves to the Oosbeg Tartars. Letters continue to arrive from various quarters represent ing the state of the prisoners and hostages. Akhbar Khan is said in a letter received from Major Pottinger, dated Jan. 23, to be at the fort of Badeeabad, in tie Lughman country, where he keeps the following prisoners, viz. :—Generals El phinstone and Skelton, Lieutenant Mackenzie, Captain and Mrs. Anderson and child. Captain Boyd. Lieutenant Eve, Lieutenant Waller, Mrs. Trevor, Lady Macnaghten, Lady Sale, Mrs. Sturt, Mr. and Mrs. Ilyley. Serjeant and Mrs. Wade, Captains Troop, Johnson, and G. P. Lawrence, and Major Pottinger. There are, besides, the six officers and the sick who were left at Cabul on the departure of the troops. Akhbar Khan, iir the letters from that fort, which are received unsealed, is described as doing everything " to make them comfortable !" An attempt of the insurgents to seize Ghuznee is said to be so far successful as that the town is in their power, but Co lonel Palmer, with his regiment and six months provisions is stated to be safe in the citadel. At Candahar an insurgent force showed itself on the 10th of January, when an attempt was made to carry off the camels belonging to the 43d Bengal Infantry. On the llth, Prince Suftur Jung, the youngest and favourite son of Shah Shooja. and Mahommed Atta, the Chief, came with &large force within about five miles dis tance. General Nott marched against them on the 12th, and in a short time dispersed the whole with a trifling loss ; the young Prince proved himself a coward, as he is a traitor to his father's friends. General Sale has, however, maintained his position at Jel lalabad, which he has fortified with a ditch, and•planted can non in different places, with a determination to defend his position to the utmost. Akhbar Khan has attempted to raise the Ooolooses, or heads of the neighbouring clans, in order to attack Jellalabad, but the gallantry and resolution dis played by Sir Robert Salein October, during his march from Cabul to Jellalabad, had.given them such .proofs of his bra very that they have hitherto rather hesitated. The troops in Jellalabad are stated to be well provided with food and able to keep their ground until the beginning of March, particu larly since they have already discomfited two contemplated attacks INDIA. • There have been some serious disturbances amongst the Madras regiments at Secunderabad, in the Nizams country, • in consequence of the Court of Directors having ordered that the allowance of battu latterly granted should be dis continued. The other parts of India are comparatively tranquil. The Siekb expedition into Thibet has been routed, and its leader, Zorawur Suigh, slain. . . . • ' The expedition of Tharawaddie to Rangoon has failed, and he has lost 3000 men by the works there. THR INCOME TAX. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-11asr NIGHT. In answer to a question from Mr. CUR.RIE. Sir R. PEEE said the honourable gentleman had correctly stated what fell from him the other evening. (Hear, hear.) • • He considered that he had proposed such an important affair of finance—one so necessary to meet the exigencies of the country, that if defeated on the question of an income tax her Majesty's government (if, as be before said, they were , defeated on such an important measure) would have no option. (Hear, hear.) It would decide the existence of the present administration. (Hear, hear.) The adoption of an income tax teas necessary to carry into effect the other .resolutions relating to alterations in the tariff. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the general alterations of the duties, he should at present reserve himself, merely observing that it was his anxious wish and desire to do justice,— equal justice to all classes, commercial as well as agricul tural. (Hear.) In answer to the hoti. gentleman he had to say, that it was his firm intention to uphold and carry out the general principles of the tariff which he had proposed to the house. (Hear.) In the course of the discussion it was probable slight modifications might be made in some articles of duty, but he intended to abide by the general principle of the proposals he had laid before the house. (Hear.) led Ly t was on a bill close to the Britis 1 according to the con bul canton- y they coma r. The r ay was and were o' *EST MIDDLESEX INSURANCE COMPANY EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURES. HOME CIRCUIT-KINGSTON ASSIZES, APRIL 1 NAPPER V. HOLE. (Before Mr. Baron Gurney.) This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the de fendant, as the originator and principal in the establishment of the West Middlesex Insurance Association, to recover from him the sum of £9OO, which she had paid to that company for an annuity of £76 Ms., and of which sum it was alleged that she had been defrauded by the defendant ; and also that the association had merely been got up for the purposes 'of Mr. Platt and Mr. Gurney were for the plaintiff, and Mr Chambers for the defendant Mr. Platt, in opening the case, observed that in the year 1836 the,defendant set on foot an establishment which was called the West Middlesex Assurance Association, and from which the public were to derive great advantages. Prospec tuses of a most alluring description were circulated, and in the course of a short time sums to a very considerable amount were deposited for the purchase of annuities. The prospectuses set forth that the capital of the company was £1,000,000, which had been raised by the sale of 20,000 shares at £5O each ; and the names of fifteen persons, all bearing the title of " Esquire," were duly advertised as directors ; and it was further announced that the bankers were the Bank of England, the Bank of Ireland, and the Western Bank of Scotland. For about four years the• concern appeared to be going on prosperously, and the annuities were regularly paid ; but at the commencement of the last year the bubble burst, and it was then ascertained that the whole was a fraudulent scheme, concocted for the purpose of entrapping the unwary and plundering them of alltheir property. It would be dis tinctly shoWia, that of the fifteen directors announced in the prospectuses, ten or twelve of the names were entirely ficti tious, and the others were persons in a very humble station in life ; that.not only was there no capital whatever, but that none of the shares alleged to have been taken had ever been paid for. The learned counsel, after alluding to the alluring character of the prospectuses, concluded by saying that it was evident the defendant at the time he commenced the under taking was aware that it would not be profitable—that he embarked in it for the purpose of 'defrauding the unwary — that the nhole scheme was founded in fraud,. and for the ex press partible of applying-to his own use the money invested with the alleged company. After some evidence to prove that the defendant was secre tary and principil in the company, Mr. W. Wilson was called and said—l was one of the directors of the company in question. When'l first became connected with it I kept a school in the Edgeware-road. I solicited employment as clerk in the office. The defendant said I should be in the office, and he :•t once placed my name in the list of direc tors. It was subsequently arranged that I should receiee ss. per week for my services. I was Only required to attend one day in the week ;. that was on board days, fur the purpose of signing policies: I - used to sign all the policies and annuity deeds which were laid before me. A member of shares was allotted to me • when l was appointed a director, but I never paid anything for them. The company never had any capi tal that lam aware of. I continued to , act as :1 director until the breaking up of the concern. tery and manager nearly the -whop: of th deed of partnership previous to in 1836. Amongst the directors ander, Esq., Bedford, Esq. Fergusson, Esq. Ido r saw them at the board The def ant was secre . I signed the of the office, the names of H. Alex re, Esq.,— Hope, and now any such persons, never any of the meetings. There are also the names of W. \Nilson, and T. P. Price, in the list. I am the person first alluded to as W. Wilson, Esq. and T. P. Price, Esq. is a v , ,utli about 16 years of age, who was employed in the office as writing clerk, and to go on errands. A certain number of shares were allotted to each of us, which of course we never paid for. The defendant always paid me my salary ; he also paid all other persons employed in the concern : it was agreed that I was to have ss. a-week for signing the policies. &c., for tie first year, and 10s. a-week afterwards. After I bad been a director for two years I was promoted to the situation of clerk, at £75 per annum ; but still retained my seat at the board. For my last year's services I received £3OO ; but that was after the defendant left the concern. I received the letter produced from the defendant ; it is in his handwriting. The following letter was then read I— _ _ " Sir,—During the time of my secretaryship the following sums were paid by me :—Knowles, £4,040; Mr. Williams, £4,038 55.; Ditto, as solicitor for office business, £1,857 4s ; Mr. Hole, £7,857 ; ditto, on retiring, £lO,OOO, in manner following : houses in Glocester-place, Surrey-street, and Maids-hill; to Hole, the freeholds, £8,900; total to Hole, £26,257. I have the checks to prove the sums I have paid to Knowles and Williams; therefore whosoever said I had more than this is a liar, like unto Peter, who denied his Mas ter, and afterwards went and wept, or like unto Judas, who betrayed his Master, and went afterwards and hanged him self. All that I have said or written I can prove. " April 23. 1840. Yours, &c., " W. HOLE." _ _ I insured my life in the concern for £lOO, and allowed dis count for present payment, and I received £93. I got the money immediately after I insured ; the defendant gave me the amount. . Three checks for £5OO each were then put in, they were signed " William Hole," and made payable to Mr. Wil liams. One check was on the Bank of England, and the others on the Western Bank of Scotland. William Edward Taylor said,—l was one of the directors, and was appointed when the association was first established; previous to that period I was a journeyman locksmith and bellhanger, and was in the employ .of a Mr. Greathead. The defendant married my wife's sister. I was applied to by the defendant and Knowles to become a director. Was in the habit of attending at the board on Fridays. I received 2s. 6d. for each attendance fOr a year and a half. I afterwards re ceived a salary of £BO per annum, though I only attended as a director to sign my name to policies. Knowles was chair man of the directors. I was desired by the defendant to sign my name. I signed all documents laid before me. It was at first arranged that I should sign for three years, as Mr. Williams was then to take my place ; but at the expiration of that time he said I might as well continuo signing, as it was all the same. . . Mr. Platt —Did you receive any directions with respect to your dress and appearance ? Witness.-011, yes ; we were to dress well, and were or dered to wear rings and jewellery. Mr. Platt.—Did you do so ? Witness.—Yes; as the defendants gave rings to wear. A paper in the defendant's handwriting was here read, upon which was a memorandum, dated Sept. 13,1839, to the following effect :—" Tay}or fined for not havihg on his ring." The witness said they were often fined for a similar offence. Cross-examined.—Many tines were levied and exacted. Was ordered by the defendant to sign the documents. Mr. Baron Gurney observed that the witness and his col leagues appeared to be the " directed," instead of the " di rectors.' Re-examined.—Knowles and Mr. Williams acted as sec retaries after the defendants left the concern. I had no sus picion that anything was wrong. I placed great reliance in the defendant. Williams, Hole, Hustler, and the defen dant used to be in a private room together, except on board days. Joseph Packer, a law-stationer, stated that he was em ployed to engross the deed of the company; which was dated 26th September, 1837. Saw the first nine names on the list of shareholders signed on that day. Ile was afterwards de sired to obtain other signatures to it. He did so during the vacation of 1840. He applied to persons indiscriminately to put their signatures to it, and it remained at his office for the purpose. He was employed by Knowles and Williams. Re collects being at the company's office one morning when the defendant and his wife were there. The post had just been delivered; and he saw the defendant open some letters and take some bank-notes from them. He =de some observa tion to his wife; helieved the words were "look here." He then put the•notes into his pocket : and went away with his wife. Whenever he got any persons to sign the deed, a num ber of shares were always placed opposite their names. _ Cross-examined.— nowles married his (witness's) wife's sister. Knowles employed him to engross the deed. The deed creating the company was then read, and it ap peared that the defendant was appointed secretary and ex officio a director for life ; it further stated that he was to be allowed, besides his salary, 70 shares, and his wife, as a pro vision for her and for her absolute use and benefit, was to be allowed 700 shares. _ _ . . .....„ Another letter, of which the following is a copy, was then put in : "France, Jan. 1, 1841 , " Knowles,—Thou art a scoundrel, and thy son no better. I shall print_ and publish all the by-laws and proceedings which relate to any transactions which I had with the com pany, and expose your villainy to Mackthnie and others, and I give you and your lying rascal of a b— notice, that if you or he should dare to publish any slander relative to my cha racter, I shall instruct my solicitor to prosecute you, you d—d perjured scoundrel—yr,u base 'wretch; swear against your own handwriting? what' swear you never borrowed any money of me for the ? Oh ! wicked wretch ; I have your signature, and my solicitor has seen it. Base, base, base; hang thyself with your friend Williams. Truth. " WILLIAM HOLE." ye again plundered the office " P.S.—I have heard yc Oh ! how many times, wre Addressed to " Mr.• Thomas Knowles, 44, Cambridge terrace, Paddington, London." This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Chambets then addressed the jury for the defendant. He argued that there was no evidence to show that Hole had not originated the speculation believing that it would be pro fitable to the public as well as to himself, and that the break ing up of the establishment was attributable to the miscon duct of Knowles and Williams. And although he admitted that it had been the occasion of great distress and misery, yet the defendant was not responsible for it, and he ought not to be ruined because the specUlation lie had promoted had not proved successful to those who embarked in it. The learned counsel then proceeded at some length to comment upon the facts of the ease, and concluded by stating that the charge of fraud had not been proved, and that the defendant was entitled to a verdict. Baron Gqrney addressed the jury, and said that the plain- tiff in this action sought to recover from the -defendant a sum of money of which he had, as was alleged, deprived her by fraud ; and if the jury believed that the money was obtained by fraud by the defendant, or by others acting in concert and conspiracy with him, the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict. The jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, £9OO. l'Ajen'other actions of the same description were brought against this defendant, for sums varying from £2,500 to £6O, and all with a similar result. The following are the receipts of railways for the past week —that is to say, up to the date to whieh the respective re turns are made :—Birmingham, £14,112 ; Great Western, £11,033 ; Brighton, £2,821 • South Western, £5,075 ; York and North Midl an d, £1,669 ; Blackwell, £736; Edinburgh and Glasgow, £1,628; Midland Counties, £`2.316; North Midland, £3,75 ; Great North of England, £1,067 ; Bir mingham and Derby; £1,033 ; Northern and Eastern, £1.266 ; Croyden, £320 ; Manchester and Birmingham, £471 ; Eastern Counties, 876 •, Birmingham and Gloucester, £1,547 ; and Hull and Selby, £953. MURDER AVD SUICIDE.—On the morning of Thursday last, the hamlet and vicinity of Kingswood, principally in habited by colliers, about two miles from this city, on the Bath road, was thrown into the most appalling state of con sternation by the tragic occurrences which we have now the painful duty of detailing. Amongst its inhabitants was a man named Samuel Cook, between 40 and 50 years of age, unmarried, and who resided with his sister, Edith Cook, said to have been a few years .older, in his own freehold cottage. Samuel, who formerly was a collier, had by industry and frugality realised a competency, and his income consisted principally of the rents of his own freehold cottages. His habits were serious ; he was a regular attendant at the metho dist chapel ; perfectly sober, even to being a member of the teetotal society ; and through life was considered to be of a most kindly disposition. On Thursday morning, s h or tl y .1 in through the little after sevteinwonn'ctltoacgke with milk, ,themi w passing lk-man, Abraham F r y, came as usual li to e garden in front, he was struck with l horror at beh o ldi ng the body of Edith Cook ly in g in apoaof fromher body. life quite extinct, and her head nearly s evered t i l d e yy found )rl . ec t s e a d t t u i el neighbours, when, on entering t e h• stl a wound on his own Cook on the floor, with nearly as g Y voluntary cry which broke froh m The wretched man, who throat, and a razor in his hand. now I have murdered myself." Medical assistance was sent C h o im ttag r e a for, .and Mr. Sewed surgeon the sp was fast hurrying to eternity , had barely d strength to articu late " I have murdered my sister, an d ; he sewed. surgeon of Kingswood, was speedily o Ise of insanity, unhappy`victiro of, we hope,. some sudden impulse h have' led to up the wound and rendered every possible at tention, but the died about nine o'clock. Of the causes woe this horrid perpetration, we can learn nothing that full y c l e ars the myst er y hanging over it.—Bristol Journal. THEATRE-ROYAL, 'I,,rOfiPOOL • ZY umsiu,v, AND UNDER THE PATRONAGE O} JOHN WILSON FRANCE, Esq.. And the GENTLEMEN of the NORTHERN THIS EVENING, TUESDAY. April sth. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. With the New Comedy of THE PRISONER OF WAR. Both of which will be repeated every Evening this Wee First 1 Pit, —Lower Bores, 4s Gallery, Is. Second Price. Pit, Is. Gd.; Ca, —Lower Bose ery, 6d. Upper Bogie Gd. ; Upper Boxes,_ ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET 21IASONIC criAßna THIS DAY, <TUESDAY.) April 5, 1842, BY DESIRE AND UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF JOHN DRINKWATER, Esq., R.W.D.P. Grand Master AND TUE lie quite agree with the Journal that the imposition t of an income tam is one .of "the very wickedest" acts . of which Siritobert Peel could have been guilty, al though scarcely for the reasons urged by our contem poiary; for nothing, we are satisfied, could have been deVised which is calculated more effectually to impress upon the minds of.the liberal middle classes--the ." very shopocracy of the large lowns—the tendency of Whig rule, than a direct appeal to their ockets I or the cost of that expensive plziythina and bine illce lachrym Raise money by taxes upon concur aise it in- directly to as great an amount as you please, Whiggery fatten upon. the vitals of the cony the honour of the country ; but it is wicked—' wicked" and very " vexatious '—to compel the pure and patriotic gentlemen, for whose exclusive amuse ment and profit the play has been enacted, to contri bute directly to the expenses, when they could so easily OTHER BRETHREN OF THE WESTERN DIVISION OF LANCASHIRE. be extracted, without . a disclosure of their amount, THE Entire Receipts'of the. Evening will be appropriated from the pockets of the hardworking and industrious, L (without any deduction) in aid of the FUND OF BENEVOLENCE, who have no participation in the pleasure or the profit For the Relief of Distressed Freemasons, their Widows, and of the scene. An income tax is very wicked, not, Orphans. The Entertainments will commence with NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS. however, however, because it will "bring all the inha - Brother HENRY DODD has kindly consented to sing bitants of the towns to a full sense of 'the nature of " PROSPER 'rue ART," the music by George Hargreaves, the words by Brother James Stonehouse ; dedicated, by per- Toryism," but because it will drive these sensible and mission, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Susstoc, Grand sensitive people to an examination of the exact cost to Master of the Order of Freemasons. After which the community and to the individuals of which it is MILITARY PRO'MOTION. composed, at which a dishonest and imbecile Whif,l - conclude with ' ROBERT MACAIRE. faction may be permitted to riot in place and pay, and The following will be the Prices of Admission for the above exhaust alike the patience and the resources of an benevolent purpose (on this occasion only) :—Boxes, and Stalls, 3s. (no Pit on this occasion) ; Second Price to Boxes abused country and Stalls, 2s. ; Gallery, ls.—no Second Price. Tickets and Places for the. Boxes to be had (on and iifter Thursday, the 30th instant) of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box office, and of Mr. WALusLEv, Bookseller, Church-street GRAND OFFICERS, MASTER MASONS, AND It is not a little instructive to watch the proceedings of the Manchester free-trade cottonocracy at the pre sent moment. But a few months ago, in their ardent appeals to the working classes, these gentlemen were loud in their protestations that the reductions which they contemplated in the price of food were not sought for to enable - them to /oWer wages to a corresponding extent, and that they "Would not he attended With that result. "The price of fond has DO connexion with the price of labour" was reiterated, again and again; by the organs of the league, in parliament and throughout the " We shall giVe to the working man the full benefit of the cheap loaf," was their constant rejoinder to those who, acquainted with their selfish and grasp ing avarice, maintained that the benefit in question would be transferred at once into the breeches pockets of the tnillowners. And what do we see going on around us now in the cotton manufacturing districts ? Let us examine. ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET, LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON.' (1N FRIDAY next, the Bth instant, for the BENEFIT of Mr. It. M. RAYMOND, previous. to his appear ance at the TheatrerltoyalM4inarket,:on Thursday next. The Public and .',Patron.44fif this Theatre are respectfully informed that an account .of the Proceedings at Kirkdale Sessions, (instituted by the Common Informer:4) to take place on the Morning of Friday, the Bth instant, at Eleven o'clock, will be given in the Evening to . those who are kind enough to Patronise the Entertainments for Mr. It. M. Raymond's Benefit. The performances will commence with the very popular and highly interesting Drama, in Three Acts, called CHANGES AND CHANCES; OR, WOMAN'S In the course of the Evening an Address will be delivered by country Mr. R. M. Raymond. After which, BLIND BARGAIN; OR,'A MATCH IN THE DARK. Miss Cuthbert will Dance an admired Pas Seul. To conclude with THE CHRISTENING; OR, MY FIRST Boas. Tickets and Places for the Public Boxes to be had of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box-office of the Theatre, from Eleven till Three. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.: Gallery, 6d. (to which the number will be limited). Second Price.--Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. Doors to open at Half-past Six. Performance to begin at Seven. Second Price at Half-past Eight. This THEATRE to be LET for Concerts, Lectures, Meetings, &c. after the Bth of April, on which day it closes for the Season. A bill is before the House of Commons which, al- ' though not that " total and immediate repeal of the corn laws," which has been the object of the frantic quest of the leaguers, it is acknowledged, will be at tended by a considerable reduction in the price of bread. A new commercial tariff has also been intro duced, which will lower the, cost of beef, mutton, ba con, timber, coffee, and a number of other necessaries of life to the working classes. And what is the course which the free-trade . millocracy are pursuing with re . spect to these measures and to the wages of their ope ratives? Are they endeavouring to secure to the working classes the benefits which they hold out ? No. They are, on the contrary, endeavouring, by every fac tious opposition, to retard the passing of these mea sures and to prolong the existing commercial disorga nization, whilst, in the mean time, they are eagerly and actively engaged in an effort to appropriate to them selves the full measure - of benefit which ought to ac crue, from them, to the depressed and wretched labour ers whom they employ. _ _ ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET Last Week but One of the Company's stay in Liverpool. THIS present TUESDAY, and TO-MORROW, (Wed nesday,) April sth and 6th, 1842, the Entertainments will cemmence with The Pekin Guards, led by Messrs. Derious and Sands. Mr. Sweeney, the celebrated Banjo Player, will introduce a number of his Negro Songs. -.Master R. Rivea will appear on horseback as the Tea Picker of China, with a Chinese dance. _ Surprising Display of Agility, by the members of the Company, in which Mr. W. 0. Dale, the celebrated Vaulter, will distinguish himself. Mr. J. Buckley as the Shipwrecked Sailor. Cracakatoo ; or, Cocoa-nut Ballet—by Mr. C. Rivea, G. Buckley, F. Rivea, and Master Rivea. Mr. Sands will introduce his Wonderful Dog, Schodine. Mr. E. Derious will appear as the Brigand Chief. Mr. Sands as the Courier of St. Petersburgh. Master R. Rivea will introduce his St. Swithen Chair. Posturing, by Mr. R. Rivea. The. Magic Sack, on two horses, by Mr. C. Rivea. Mi. W. o.7Dale in a principal Act of Horsemanship. Two Great Negroes—J. Sweeney. the Tall Nigg e r, on the Banjo : Vanbramer, the Short Nigger, in which they will present a -variety of Songs and Dances. Grand Fancy Dress Cavalcade, led by Mr. Derious and Mr. Sands. . Admission throughout the Performance—Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. A Manchester contemporary (the Courier) of last week informs us that "the reduction in wages proceeds at a humming rate, and must be highly gratifying to the liberal heart of every corn-law repealer. Indeed it should appear we shall very soon rival our continental neighbours in the matter of lowness of wages. We have heard of large spinning and manufacturing con cerns, here and elsewhere, in which, during the last fortnight or so, a saving of nearly 25 per cent. has been effected in the cost of production." A reduction of 25 per cent. in the wages of the fac tory operative and the starving hand-loom weaver ! We knew that it would do so. We told the wretched dupes, who were clamouring for cheap bread and cheap beef, that not a penny of the saving would be permit ted to come into their, pockets ; and not a penny wild they receive from these measures ! The millowner has the working classes at this moment completely at his TO PROFESSIONAL GENTLEMEN AND OTHERS. • cl" B. HEWITT, SHORT-HAN D WRITER AND PRINCIPAL • REPORTER TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, begs to offer his services to Legal Gentlemen and others who may wish to obtain SPECIAL REPORTS of any Cases for Trial at the ensuing LIVERPOOL ASSIZES. Standard , office. , - "' •' mercy. The limit between subsistence and starvation, and below which the Nvo rking man cannot he depressed without becoming dangerous, is the present regulator of manufacturing wages. Reduce that limit by de- creasing the cost of food, and the working man must descend too, and occupy that debateable ground be tween mere existence and famine, in which, by a few days' or weeks' privation, he may be reduced into the condition of an abject and dissited slave, an incendi ary or a frantic rebel. It will be said, we know, by the millowner—" We have no other resource except a reduction of wages at the present moment. We are not resorting to that step on account of the reduction by Sir Robert Peel's tariff in the price of food, but on account of the depre ciation in the price of our goods and of the emhrrassed state of commerce." The world, however, knoWs you better, gentlemen, than to credit your asseverations. And when your organs in the House of Commons — the Cobdens, Gibsons, and Bowrings of your tribe— get up, night after night, to retard, by every factious motion within their reach, the progress of the govern. ment measures, we trust that some public-spirited member will rise and tell them that these dishonest and disgraceful proceedings are only resorted to in order to retard the returning prosperity of the country, arid to give a colour to the efforts of the millocracy to grind down the working man and to divert from his expect ant lips the good which a wise and beneficent govern ment offers to his acceptance. In the notice paper of the council we perceive that on 'Wednesday next Mr. Alderman Evans will move " that the inspectors, appointed by the Council of Education acting under government authority, he in vited, at their own convenience, to inspect the Schools of the Corporation." Why, what Jesuit proceeding is this, Mr. Alderman ? What earthly business has " the Council of Education, acting under government autho rity," with the schools supported by the Corporation of Liverpool ? None ! And at this moment, notwith standing the lofty opinion which we entertain of the plausibility and cunning which are the distinguishing characteristics of Mr. Alderman Evans, we have not the most remote expectation that he can establish any tenable ground for an interference so impertinent and uncalled for. If we remember right it was hut a few months ago since this same enlightened gentleman was loud in his complaints, that to municipal constituencies, such as ours, much larger powers of legislation than they at present possess were not committed. " Why trouble the state legislature"—was the exclamation of the Alderman—" with matters upon which the local legis latures are equally, or even . better calculated to de cide ?" And, in the abstract. there was much reason in the question. If municipal bodies could be per suaded to lay aside their petty personal squabbles—to legislate for the welfare of the population around them, and not for the indulgence of party spleen ;--we might admit that they were,Perfectiy fitted to deal with ques- tions far more important than those which at present belong to them. But though we cannot admit that greater powers thaU they already possess may be safely entrusted to local bodies, constituted like our own, we were scarcely prepared to find Mr. Alderman Evans — the advocate of local legislation—conceding, as by this motion he does concede, that the collective wisdom of the borough of Liverpool is unequal to the nzanagenzent of a charity school Hide your diminished heads, aldermen and councillors of Liverpool—fellow-towns men of a Ewart and a Thornely—of men who would experience no difficulties, which their consummate modesty would not enable them to overcome, in un dertaking the professorships of poetry, rhetoric, moral philosophy, or political economy at Oxford, Cam bridge, Glasgow, or the modern Athens itself — your diminished heads, for you are unlit—(Loans seipse testante)—to direct even the initiation of little boys and girls into the mysteries of A. 13. C., the Horn Book, the Multiplication Table, and the Rule of Three ! You are incapable of directing the charity schools of the corporation, without the distinguished supervision of Doctor J.' P. Kay, and the paid com missioners of the Council of Educaction THE OVERLAND MAIL FROM CHINA The steamer with the Indian :jail arrived at Marseilles on the 31st ult. The telegraphic despatch was received in Paris on Saturday, but it does not appear to contain any other information than the mere fact of the arrival of the steamer. The letters and papers were expected in London yesterday morning, and as we shall in all probability receive the Bombay Times, and our usual communications from the East at an early hour, we shall give the fullest details of the important in telligence at the soonest possible period in a second edition. Übe Zitnrpool &balm:b. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1842 Our contemporary the Journal has some remarks upon a manifesto which has just been issued to the elec tors of the united kingdom by the council of the Anti- Corn Law League, in one portion of which, at least, we cordially coincide. Amongst other insolencies, this patriotic body, which " claims to he heard us the ac credited representative of all the great trading and ma nufacturing interests of the kingdom," (?) maintains that " a small minority of earnest men in the House of Commons can prevent the imposition of new taxes, however powerless they may be, in the face of a mo nopolist majority, to remove existing abuses;" and urges upon the various constituencies throughout the country to instruct their representatives to discharge this " patriotic duty," (!) or, in other words, to ob struct, by every factious manoeuvre which the forms of the House of Commons allow, and in defiance of the majority of the representatives of the national will, the progress of public business, unless their own particu lar nostrums be adopted by government. With.re speet to this advice, put forward by the league, we per fectlyagree with our contemporary, that it is " irra tional and contemptible ;" and we would even go a little further, and designate it as disgustingly factious and incorrigibly wicked." With respect to the policy of the income tax, how- ever, our contemporary expresses an opinion of perfect accordance with that of the league; and it is to this portion of his remarks that we wish to direct the atten tion of our readers : • observgs'the' Journal; ivitlz the league in thinking everything bad of the. income tax. It •is impos sible to speak worse of it than it deserves. It is the very wickedest and most vexatious of taxes which the ingenuity of mar; ever conceived. Yet in its very badness lies our consolation. We are only astonished at the folly which pro poses it. It is the very thing that was wanted to bring all the inhabitants of the towns, and 'especially those of the metropolis, to a full sense of the nature of Toryism, of its eternal alliance with oppression, and of their duty to them selves and their country, which so many of them so shame fUlly forgot at the last election." • We are afraid that our contemporary is a little out in his calculations, with respect to the tendency of the proposed tax upon income to effect the restoration of the defeated and despised Whig 'faction to the confi dence of the people of Great Britain. The Journal urges that such a tax is " the very thing which is wanted to bring all the inhabitants of the towns to a full sense of the nature of Toryism," and, at the same time, of course, to a proper appreciation of the ex ceeding wisdom and purity of Whig-Radicalism ; but we look around us in vain for any manifestation of such a feeling. We hear of no great convtidsions in society, no overpowering demonstrations of hostility towards the government measures, and of returning affection towards Whig rule. " All the inhabitants of the towns" have maintained, thus far, a most provok ing quiescence ; and, although a few small people have exhibited a little restiveness upon the subject of the proposed tariff—although the boot and shoemakers have waxed hot upon the subject of their own particu lar trade, the building-club people worked themselves into an awful perspiration, the timber trade exhibited symptoms of hating played a • wrong card, and several other branches of industry prophesied their own speedy extinction,—the country exhibits, upon the whole, a surprising and gratifying desire to submit to any tem porary inconveniences rendered' necessary for the car rying out entire of the policy of the government. There is something so s proposition, that we should be fully inclined to t upremely riclic as only a contemptible attempt to throw dirt at th present School Committee, were it not that the cunning of the g ntleman who brings it forward v not permit us to treat as harmless a missile directed his hand. Mr Alderman Evans would we have no lory in any step calculated doubt, gladly take the initia to obstruct the gether t ae Conservative council.. Such ~ed•,nrs of, or to overthrow; )mmittee o which this eminent utilitarian has view ; would therefore inipress upon th Conservative bo to the present motion not lie st occasion for Conservatives to argue that no danger can ensue, because they cannot see the wires which the alderman has within his fingers The proposition, itself, is one which no body of men, with the slightest portion of sell respect, Cittt etILLII 1.4,111 allll we 1,1 that no absurd and disgraceful concession, on the N of Conservatives, will permit its jesuitical author to chuckle over the success by which it will thus have On 'lll head was held in St nominating overseers of tie •:o suinz year. Mr. Robert Hug' were appointed overseers, and .1) Mr. James Maddock, assessors of ;he l'a'te-payers of Birken- Church, for the purpose of ar, and assessors for the en ,es, and Mr. James Trotter dr. Hugh- Williams, jun. and We refer our readers to Mr. Thompson's announcement. which appeared in our last publication. in which he holds out great advantages to thos• , s of acquiring proficiency en several who have tile art of penmanshir desirou I,Ve have een under tiffs tuition, who gratefully acknowiec fits of his systc organ's' 11 be seen e TEMPLETON'S CONCERT ewhere, that Mr. Russell, \Vilhem's system We be- knowledge of the art, -Our musical friends will ke hizh treat which awaits portunity of hearing the corn- HUAI, NVCC.I%. ILI saui •••• biped talents of the celebrated Miss Delcy, and our old fa vourite, Mr. Templeton. We have no doubt the lovers of Scotch ballad will hail this event with delight, as, in addition to the great celebrity he has acquired in the grand scena, he stands unrivalled in his Scottish molodies. A letter, with the following address, passed through our post-office on Friday last : Mr. Postman. unto your care This letter I to Glasgow send, And hope, on its arrival there, You'll safe deliver it to my friend WILLIAM CLARK—as gude a chiel As any wi' him you'll compare. lie's ken'd by all the ladies weel; He works in " North-court, Exchange-square, ~—The following are amongst the patents sled last month :—Charles William Pirellild, of Woley Park, -thfield, Worcestershire, farmer, for an improved pro - for marine and other purposes.—Moses Norfolk-street, Strand, printer, for im provements in machinery used for printing with type, and in the construction of typo for printing,—being a communica tion.—Henry Smith, of Liverpool, engineer, for improve- Ments in the construction of wheels and breaks for carriages. —John Houghton, of Liverpool, clerk, for improvements in the method of affixing certain labels.—James Clements, 'of Liverpool, manufacturer of toys; for improvements in com position for ornamenting glass and picture frames, and articles for interior and other decorations ; also for the manufacture of toys and other fancy articles. RW PAT pparatus Sperry Beach, of . „ SCHLESINGER'S NEWLY INVENTED CLIP.—We have had an.opportunity of seeing a new letter clip cr file invented by Messrs. Schlesinger and Co. There are many objections' o other letter clips, which have been carefully avoided in this. The generality of clips have large screws or grips projecting in the front, which must- of necessity prevent the possibility of hanging them up without exposing the letters. The screws or grips of other clips are-so fixed at the top, that the second page of a letter or invoice cannot be read without being taken from the clip, and by the pressure merely resting on one part. the letters are liable to be much disarranged, and often lost altogether. This mast important point is very ingeniously in this clip, as the grip for securing the letters, &c., is so fixed on the board that they are perfectly secure at the back, and kept in such order as to admit of instant access for perusal, as readily as though in abound volume. - - STEALING ORANGES. — Three boys, Hogan, - Dogharty, and I'd`Gruire, were yesterday charged with having stolen a quantity of oranges and apples. They were seen in company on Saturday night, by a police officer, in John's Lane, car rying a bag which was foand to contain a large quantity of oranges and apples. Two witnesses, dealers in .such fruit, stated, that on receiving information they went to their vaults, under the Pedlar's market, and missed—the one 11 hundred oranges, and about 100 apples ; and the other, two hundred oranges, and half a cwt. of apples, which bad been left safe that night. The:prisoners were committed for trial. ROBBERY IN A DWELI.ING-HOUSE.—At the police court yesterday, a man named Thomas Flannagan, was charged with robbing another named John Dwire, of a sum of money. The complainant said, that on Sunday morning about eight o'clock he met the prisoner and another man in a public house in Shaw's Alley, and they sat drinking together till 11 o'clock, when they all went to the prisoner's house in Spar ling-street, to have something to eat. They then remained till three in the afternoon, shortly before which time, the com plainant, who was not perfectly sober, perceived the prisoner thurst his hand into his pocket, and take out some money, part of which fell on the floor. The prisoner's wife wished him to restore it, but he refused, and threatened to strike her for suggesting it. Complainant got out of the house, and gave information which eventually led to the prisoner's appre hension. His identity was made out, and he was committed for trial. THE FUNDS, SATURDAY EVENING. — The English stocks, which appeared rather fiat in the morning, were strengthened in a material degree towards the close of business by pur chases made by influential brokers on private account. Con sols for money left off 90 to .A-; for the account, 90k to *; New 3A per Cents., 991 to -?; ; Exchequer-bills rose to 335. to 355. premium ; and India Bonds, to 10s. to 12s. premium. In the foreign market the New Three per Cent. Spanish Stock. failed to support, the fictitious value it acquired yester day and the two previous days ; there were several bargains which were all done at lower prices ; the closing one 231 to 4. The other foreign stocks were scarcely so ~00d as yesterday. Mexican left off 401 toll: ex div. ; Danish, SOI to 81-4 ex div. ; Brazilian, 66 to 68 ex div. ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 35 to 64-; Ditto, 3 per Cents., 20& to 1i ; Co lombian, 27 to i; Belgian, 103 to 104 ; and Spanish Actives, to SUICIDE.—An inquest was held yesterday before Mr Curry, the borough coroner, on view of the, body of Mary Roberts. The deceased, who was forty-five years of age, was the wife of a carter, and resided in King-street, Toxteth park. She had a sister-in4aw who died about two months ago, and had from that time been in low spirits, and subject to fits of abstraction. On Saturday morning, about half past eight o'clock, her husband left the house to go to his work, and returned about twelve o'clock to his dinner, when he found the door of the room in which they lodged to be fast. He knocked and kicked, but receiving no reply, he called some of the lodgers in the same house, who broke into the apa►`tment. They found the deceased lying on her back in the bed, with her throat cut, and a table-knife lay on the floor near her. She was still alive, but much ex hausted from loss of blood. Surgical assistance was imme diately called, and the wound, which had not reached the jugular or the windpipe, was sewed up. The great effusion of blood, however, from the minor veins of the tieCk - lbat were dissevered, was such that she died at eight o'clock the same evening, of " venous hemorrhage." The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased committed suicide, while labouring under temporary insanity. PICKING POCKETS BY AUTIIORITY.—Yesterday, at the police-court, two stout elderly females, Alice Jones and Mary Perry,—the latter with her face much bruised,—were placed at the bar, they having been taken into custody on Saturday night ; but no charge was preferred against them. It ap peared that Alice Jones had been seen taking the money from the pockets of Mary Perry, while the latter was so much in toxicated that she lay on the ground, unable to help herself. Jones was apprehended for the supposed theft, and Perry was conveyed in a hard-barrow to bridewell for safety. Mr. Davenport explained the circumstances. Jones was a poul terer in St: John's Market, and Perry a friend of her's who hawked poultry for her about the town; and who being ad dicted to taking occasionally a' drop too much, had given her a general authority to empty her pockets of all the coin they contained," "Whenever she found her " over the line," lest some one else might get hold of it. Mrs. Jones had, on several occasions, acted upon' this "right of search," and always with perfect satisfaction to Mrs. Perry. Both parties, on being questioned, stated that this was the fact, Perry adding that the money was always honestly accounted for by her friend. They were accordingly both discharged, and left the court in amicable companionship. GROSS ASSAULT BY A MAN ON HIS WIFE.—At the Police Court, on Friday a .man was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge 'of grossly assaulting his wife. Tle complainant, a rather interesting and well dressed female, with her face blacked with blows, who had a child with her, said she had been married to the prisoner for about seven d that he was a seafaring man. He was father of He did not support her, and was in the habit of In our 1 abusing and striking her. He had violently beaten her on the day mentioned in the summons; and - had inflicted the injuries on her face. She was also much bruised all over. 'he did mot want him to maintain her, but to keep away from - he could make a moderate living in quiet, by keep ers.—The prisoner said the complainant had a bad tongue, but did not adduce any particular instance of her using it in a provoking manner.—Mr. Rushton said he had violently assaulted her, and that he must pay a fine of £5, or be imprisoned two months ; and, moreover, find bail to keep the:peace, himself in £4O, and two sureties in £2O each or be further imprisoned for three months. FIRST APPEARANCE OF MR. HOLL AT THE HAYMAR KET.—On Wednesday Mr. Hell made his bow to the flay market audience in the character of Orlando, in Shakspere's comedy of As You Like It: This gentleman is not new to the London stage, having performed, when a mere child, Prince Arthur, at Drury-lane ; from that period he has ap peared occasionally at some of the metropolitan theatres, but his practice has been chiefly in the provinces, particularly at Bath and Liverpool, where he has played all the leading light comedy business with considerable success. The impression made by him on Wednesday night was decidedly favourable ; he possesses a good figure, free and graceful action, and a prepossessing countenance. His voice is sufficiently clear and pleasing in tone, and he treads the stage with the ease and confidence of a veteran. The character of Orlando is not one we would select by which to test. the abilities of a light comedian. It is of that half-sentimental order, in which, if the actor be but gifted by nature with a good voice and figure, and a tolerable knowledge of his business, be can scarcely fail of being successful, as the character may be said to play itself. Judging, however, from what we saw of Mr. Hell's acting, we consider him to be an artist of more than average merit, endowed with many natural advantages. His faults arc occasional inequalities, and a want of finish in his' acting. He draws the rough outline 'of his characters with a bold and free hand, but we inmgine that he does not possess sufficient mind to bestow the delicate lights and shades that give truth and beauty to dramatic pereonations. There can, however, be no doubt that he will prove a valuable acquisi tion to the Haymarket compawy.—Sunday Times. COUNTY CONSTABULARY. .ast we gave a short report of the annual county sessions held at Preston on the previous day. Our reporter fell into a slight error on the occasion, which we are now wishful to set right. We stated that 81 magistrates voted ag a i nst M r. T owne l ey ' s mot i on f or disbanding the constabulary force, and 55 for it, whereas the contrary was the case ; 55 v o t e d aga i ns t it, an d 81 for it. But as the act requires the majority for the abolition of the force to be three-fourths of the magistrates present it fol lowed that the motion was lost by a majority of 21 votes. The effect of the decision will be as we stated, that the force will not be disbanded, but the correction is important as exhi bitin the fact, that a considerable majority of the magistrates are in favour of abolishing it. The following gentlemen voted for the motion brought forward by P. B. Towneley, Esq.:—Sir T. Potter, Sir T. Trafford, Messrs. Michaelson, Ireland Blackbur ne , Mackreth, William Marshall, P. E. Towneley, J o h n A rm strong, C. Towneley, Edward Grundy, John Grundy, Le G. N. Starkie, Reginald Hargreaves, John Holt, G. Thornber, John Formby, James Pedder, Richard Newsham, jun., Wm. Turner, Wm. Gray, Win. Earnshaw, James Blanchard, James Wanklyn, Elias Chadwick, T. Eastwood, Wm. Birley, Critchley, Joseph Brotherton, H. C. Lacy, Hutchinson, David Harrison, John Hopwood, James Simpson, Robert Andrews, Henry Ash wor th, Open shaw, John Heys, R. E. Alison, James Kay, Gray Rigge, Holme Maude, J. Aspinail, jun., W. W. Atkinson, Wm. Hall, James Whittaker, R. J. J. Norreys, W. G. Walmesley, Henry Tempest, B. Heape, R. Moore,. Parr, Hibbert, T. Newton, Lyon, Peter Ainswo rth, E. Sdvestet, George Ash worth, Brocklehurst, P v.ia t Abbot, h b A: e . N J V . r c ig r h o t s , si A ey . , B ß n . ct v le a y l. , J. r M \ e \ ll . o . 11 \ E. Clayton, ,H Whittaker, Joseph Ridgway, G. ,Baldwin, Wm. Chadwick, Ilenry Hardman, C. Bourne, J. Heald, J. J. Darbishire, John Taylor, Welsh, Armitage, C. Orrell, J. R. Barnes. , The - following voted against it :—Messrs. John Saurey, Horton, James Alison, Robert Lomax, C. E. Kendal, J. Bushell, John Austen, John Bentley, John Cunliffe, L. ilawstorne, John Fletcher, Henry Petre, Wm. Gale, John Woodcock, Jonathan Brooks, T. W. Rathbone, Reece Bevan, James Heywood, J. S. Bir ley, John Master , T. Cooke, S. Taylor, R. T. Parker, A. W. G. Bell, J. N. Farington, Harvey, J. C. Hodgson. Eart, . F. Holton, J. Heywood, T. Rodick, P. M. James, Ilorsfall, Haliburton, T. Lowndes, J. F. Foster, T. Thornely, F. Jordan, Wm. Carlow, M. Feilden, Standish, B. Barclay, J. F. Hindle, Robinson, G. Jacson, R. Alison, 'llairstow, T. H. Hesketh, W., H. Hornby, Joseph Field, A: Wood, Robert Hornby, W. Ed*ards, R. Ashton, and J. Fletcher. been attended By the same paper we observe that Mr. Councillor Platt will move, on Wednesday, " that a special com- _ . mittee be appointed to take into consideration the pro priety, or rather the necessity, of having two additional schools, one in the south and the other in the north district of the town, for the accommodation of the lower classes, (of which the Catholics form a consider able part,) and to give them a good secular and moral education but no religious instruction." (!) Excellent, Mr. Councillor Platt ! A somewhat different kind of. personage are you to the redoubtable Alderman ; and, therefore, we little fear your assault upon the principle of Scriptural education ; —seconded, although doubtless it will be, by that eminent and enlightened Conserva tive, Mr. John Smith ! " MORAL EDUCATION 13UT NO RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION." Will there be no Romish catechism taught" in these schodls, Mr. Platt If not, we greatly fear that their reverences, although the council should be willing' to play "the Prince of Denmark, with the part of Hamlet omitted," for their amusement, will scarcely thank them for the perfor mance. We may he in error, however. The next good thing to being a Roman Catholic, in the estima- tion of the priesthood of that schism, is to be oof no religion at all ; and, therefore, "moral education" with "no religious instruction" may be the next best thing to being educated under the immediate tutelage and in the creed of Rome A mind trained up—educated—morally educated (!) —without a knowledge of religion, of a Supreme Being, or of a future state of rewards and punishment-L what a scroll will there be presented for superstition to trace her dark imagery upon ! What a society would that form whose youth were cursed with such a system of education ! Reflect upon it—think of it—good Liberal gentlemen of the council. What fruits could you possibly anticipate from this moral education with out religion ? Is not that charity worthy of being ac cursed which would take into its keeping the children of the poor and deny them the knowledge of the God who made them;—which would impress upon the youthful mind merely secular knowledge, and leave the fair table, which it presents for receiving religious instruction, A BLANK, to be impressed in after life with the hideous falsehoods of Infidelity, of Deism, or of Socialism ? Oh ! gentlemen, discard this odious, destroying, soul-debasing attempt to reconcile possi bility and impossibility, truth and falsehood, right and wrong; discard it! That every true Conservative in the council will do so we / trust; and we entertain a sanguine anticipation that, with the exception of a few gentlemen, of the peculiar mental conformation of Mr. Councillor Platt, there will not be found many, even of the Liberal portion of that body, who will stultify and degrade themselves by giving such a proposition 'their support We have , heard much, of late, from liberal lips with respect to the " symptoms of repentance" which have been displayed by some Conservatives upon this ques tion of scriptural education; and more than one ru mour has reached us, pointing out the course which will be pursued by certain -gentlemen, whose defec • we should be sorry to see, upon one or both of these We trust sincerely that calumny has misre opinions of those to whom we o motions presented the Id that they wi 1 not, on trial, 1 he found wanting to those great principles," the undeviating maintenance of which has contributed so mainly to their present posi- Lion in the confidence of their fellow-townsmen. Should it be, however, that the cunning plausibilities, by which they are insidiously surrinmded, have shaken the mind of any Conservative members of the council, we implore of them to tear from before their eyes the film of error throug'l which they have been seduced to view this question, and to look at it boldly, and exercise upon it their native good sense and integrity of judgment. Let them do this only, and we are confident that we shall not have to regret the loss of 'one voice with whose support Conservatism may not readily dispense STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &C Our Cotton Market during the past week has been marked with extreme dulness, and the prices of the low descriptions of American have given way to the amount of about id. per lb., whilst the best qualities maintain their prices. Surats have been in good demand ; but, being offered freely, have declined about id. per lb. The sales of the' week were 18,940, including 1200 American taken on speculation, and 600 American and 450 East India for exportation, leaving only 17,890 taken for consumption by the trade. The feeling altogether in the trade is one of great depression. The sales on Saturday amounted to 4000 bales, including 400 for export ; and yesterday fully 4000 were sold, the prices of the close of last week being fully supported. A considerable business has been done in Manchester in Yarns, but at no improvement in prices. Cloth still conti nues heavy of sale, and little hope is felt of a speedy revival of demand, owing in part to the complete stagnation of the American markets. A better business has been doing in the Country Trade. The accounts from the Clothing Districts of Yorkshire continue of a more cheering character than from the Cotton Districts of this and the neighbouring counties. LOCAL NEWS SAILING OF THE GREAT WESTERN• — This splendid steamer sailed, on Saturday afternoon, from Kinzroad, Bris tol, for New York. She carried out about 70 passengers, among whom was M. Baraigne, the French Ambassador to the United States. Her freight of goods was much smaller than usual. The Great Wester n will leave New York instant for this port. - - Professional Gentlemen and Strangers attending the Assizes are respectfully informed that every description of BATH, Warm, Shower, Sulphur, Vapour, and Medicated, as used so generally in London and on the Continent, may be obtained on the shortest notice, at the Victoria Baths, Cases. street, three doors from Clayton-square, near the Railway Offices and St. John's Market. • LIVER THEATRE. —Friday night next this theatre closes for the season. Mr. Raymond takes his benefit on the occa sion. 'Mr. Rnymond has laboured hard to please the public, and .we trust that the public will not be lorgetful of him. He deserves a bumper, and no doubt he will have it. The entertainments are of a very varied character. PARISH AFFAins.—Our leaders no doubt have been sur prised.that we did not give the results,of the late parish elec tions in oar last publication. Having perceived in all our contemporaries official notices of those results, we expected that we should be favoured with them in the usual course of business. Why we have been left out remains to be shewn. We now give the close of the poll : Persons. Votes. For Mr. Birkett ... Mr. Cowgill ... 42 .. 121 116 . For Mr. Hart's re-appointment . 315 For the amendment that the offices of Treasurer and Rate-book Clerk be, in 20 .. 40 future, divided LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIAL INSTITU TION, ST. ANNE-STREET.—Mr. J. D. Russell delivered his second lecture on. English literature, at th is institution, on Friday evening. The lecturer gave a succinct but compre hensive view of the literature of the Elizabethan era and that of Queen Anne. His observations on the writings of Shak speare, Bacon, Spenser, and Milton, evinced a sound critical judgment, and a thorough appreciation of the genius of those unapproachable writers. The delivery of the lecture occu pied nearly two hours. and was, listened to throughou t with intense interest by a most intelligent audience. Mr. Russell closes his interesting, course on Friday evening next., LUNE SALMON.—This delectable Fish, formerly con signed to an Agency at Preston, is now regularly transmitted, immediately on its leaving the water, to JOSEPH NEWTON'S Wholesale and Retail Fish Establishment, 14, St. John' s Fishmarket, so that th e nobility, gentry, and the public in general, may now obtain fresh Lune Salmon (equal, if not superior, to that of the Over Severn) three hours after it is taken out of its native element. No other person will be able to supply the public with Salmon equally fresh, as JOSEPH NEWTON is the sole lessee of the Skerton and Lune Salmon Fishery. Crimped Salmon to order, at the shortest possible notice. NEUROHYPNOLOGV.—On Friday last, Mr. Braid, surgeon, of Manchester, delivered a lecture on the science to which be has given the above name, at the Templar's-hall. It was announced that the lecturer would explain the mode of mes • merising animals, but this was rendered impossible by the ungentlemanly interruption of some surgeons, whose furious zeal carried them far beyond the bounds of discretion, one of them going so far as to impute swindling to Mr. Braid, .for which he was afterwards compelled to apologise. Seve ral of the patients were thrown into the cataleptic and rigid states, a nd a young' lady sang part of a song whilst in, the first stage. Mr. Braid bein g unable to finish his lectUre ' a nd to introduce the new ex p erime nts , another lecture was announced for 'Wednesday (to-morrow).