The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-03 00:00:00

conducive it may be to the greatness of our country—it can not for a moment be denied, that it is the home consumption of manufactured goods which affords profitable employment to the greatest amount of labour and skill. A large—a very large increase—of foreign demand it must be, which can com pensate the British manufacturer, and especially the British artizan, for the loss of any portion of the home demand ; and before the legislature consents to seek an increase of our foreign trade, by measures which involve a limitation of the home consumption, it is bound, in justice to the artizan, whose interests ought to be its leading object, to take care that the trade to be increased is a trade in commodities, of which the labour of the artizan is a sufficiently large compo nent part. We are satisfied that this is not the case, medi ately or immediately, with respect to the trade whose increase is the object of the recently propounded measures of the whigs. The exchange of food and of timber for British goods, which must result from those measures, is not one by which the British labourer or the British nation can be bene fitted, inasmuch as those goods are not such as, to any mate rial extent, furnish employment to our adult working popu lation, or have sustained a large increase in value from the application of machinery or skill, in their transition from the state of raw material. THE APPROACHING MUNICIPAL ELECTION We hope, thad amidst the harassing perplexities of trade and the glorious return to power of a sound constitutional government, the importance of the approaching municipal election is not lost sight of. The country has secured the proper administration of the affairs of the nation, and we are now, or shortly shall be, called upon to determine that our local government shall not be suffered to trick and trade with the ample funds at their disposal, as if they were only placed .under their control for the purpose of rendering assistance to their needy abettors in crime. We know that a conservative majority in the next council is with the most ordinary exertion beyond dispute ; but we have a word or two to say further on the subject. On the first of Novem ber next, as our readers are aware, eight, or one-half of the Resent radical aldermen retire. To secure the election of eight conservatives in their room, it is necessary that that number of conservative councillors should be returned in November next, as will appear from the following, table :-- The present Council consists of . .• 1 Conservatives 30 Retire next November. Suppose elected next November. Radical Aldermen.. Radical Councillori Retire next November, Aldermen.. Do. Do. Councillors Suppose elected next November Which gives the Conservatives a majority of two in the election of the next aspirants for aldermanic honours. But there is a duty to be performed almost at the same period which calls for the most strenuous exertions of all friends of the constitution, and that is the election of Mayor. Before the eight retiring aldermen vacate their seats they are enti tled to vote in the election of the chief magistrate ; and, therefore, to secure the elevation of a supporter of the inter ests of the borough to that important trust, 12 Conservative councillors must be returned in November next in addition to those who are already placed there, which the following data will make more clear : There are in the council at present Conservatives Retire Ist November Suppose elected Ist November Radicalt— Aldermen Councillors Retire Ist November Suppose elected Ist November As Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell had a majority in every ward but one at the last election, we are warranted in assuming, from these facts, if proper vigilance and activity be used, that the conservatives can not only oust the eight radical aldermen, but can also obtain, what is equally desira ble, the election of a good man and true to the office of chief magistrate. Begin, then, at once in the good work, and let not the increasing success of your principles beget any supine ness or neglect. The enemy is awake—collections are making in the popish chapels, and from private individuals, to foist into the registry a lot of paupers, for the purpose of swamping the friends of decency and order. You who are rich, give liberally, to counteract these efforts ; and you who are not so, exert yourselves from this moment to see what can be done in your immediate neighbourhoods. LOCAL NEWS, We understand that arrangements are being made to affect an alteration in the hours of business at the drapers' shops, in Worcester. It is proposed to close their shops from September Ist to March 31st at seven o'clock, and the re mainder of the year at eight o'clock, Saturdays excepted, This example ought to b e followed in this and other towns. THE PsESiDENT•"—A bottle was picked up on the shore at Birkdale, near Southport, on Sunday last, in which was enclosed the following notice :—" The person finding this bottle is requested to announce the wreck of the Presi dent near Bermudas, in the ice, 13th June, 1841." There is no doubt this is an infamous hoax, which some unfeeling fel low wished to impose on the public. It is next to impos sible that there could be ice floating in the sea in the neighbourhood of Bermuda at ally period of the year. MARTIN'S PicTunts.—We are glad to see from the ad vertisement in this day's paper, that it has been determined, for the accommodation of those whose occupations engage them during the whole day, to exhibit - Mr. Martin's fine paintings at the Union Gallery, Slater -street, by gas-light, from eight till ten, and to reduce the charge of admission in the evening -to sixpence. The difference, though slight, may not be wholly unimportant to many hundreds, who would perhaps have otherwise deprived themselves of a high grati fication. MELANCROIX ACCIDRNT.-011 Monday evening, as Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson, of Bold-street, were on their way in a gig to their country residence, West Derby, they unluckily came in contact with an omnibus, by the collision with which Mrs. Ferguson experienced so severe a fracture of the leg above the knee joint, as to render immediate am putation necessary. We regret to hear that Mrs. Ferguson is since dead. She expired on 'Wednesday morning at six o'clock. THEFT BY A SERVANT.--A decent looking woman, ser vant to Mr. North, grocer, of London-road, was placed at the bar of the police-court, on Wednesday, charged with having stolen several small parcels of tea, sugar, currants, raisins, candid lemon, &c., from her master's shop. Mrs. North found the articles concealed beneath her pillow. She had nothing to say in her defence, and was committed for trial. A WOULD-BE SAILOR.—The ship Algonquin, Captain A. Turley, from Liverpool, arrived this morning, and among her passengers is a healthy stout female, 16 years of who shipped in Liverpool as a sailor boy, being dressed in the habiliments, neatly rigged from top to toe, and actually performed the duty of a lad on board, going aloft, for several days, when some suspicion arose among the crew, which led to the discovery of her sex. Captain Turley im mediately had her removed from the forecastle to the steer age, and her dress changed for female apparel. It appears she is a destitute girl who had taken this method to get a passage to America where she expects to find friends. She shipped under the name of " Billy Stewart," and says her name is Isabella Stewart. —National Gazette. COMMITMENT.—At the Police-court, yesterday, David Jones, a young man, was placed at the bar under the follow ing charge. A witness stated that he was employed, with others, at a warehouse in Gibraltar-row, where his employers, Messrs. Murray, Symes, and Co., had a quantity of coffee in bond• They left the warehouse at half-past ten on Wed nesday forenoon, leaving the door open. In consequence of information afterwards received, one of the rooms was searched at half-past two same afternoon, and the prisoner was found concealed between some coffee hairs. He was searched, and from seven to eight pounds of coffee was found in his drovers. One of the coffee bags was al so cu t, an d a raz or was found i n the p risoner's possession. He had no business in the warehouse. lie was committed for trial at the sessions. keeps a ta vern , S TA TE OF TOXTETII-PARK.. — Ajnrson who a ppeared before Mr. Rushton, in Toxteth-park,on Wednes day, to prefer a complaint against aman who m h e accused of having stolen a canary bird from him. The evidence was much too slight to fix the charge upon the prisoner, and he was discharged. About ten minutes had elapsed, when the complainant got up and said the accused had violently assaulted him. Mr. Rushton said the assault wa s no doubt in consequence of the accusation, and as the accu sation could not 'properly be substantiated, the only advice he could give the complainant, was to be more cautious how A he charged persons with felony in future, unless he had sufficient proof. The complainant ag ain sat down. quarter of.an hour elapsed, at the end of which he arose again. He said his life was in danger, for Toxteth-park was infested by gangs of the most desperate ruffians that were to be found in Liverpool. He wished Mr. Rushton to inform him what lie was to do for protection. Mr. Rushton i n reply, that if any person molested the complainant, he was to send for a police officer. The parties:would then be brought before him, and he would punish them. The complainant said the whole neighbourhood was disturbed by these fellows, and this was not the first dopredation which he had suffered from them ; Mr. Rushton .—" You had better complain to Mr. Whitty.' In the mean time Mr. Francis Jordan had entefed the court and taken his seat upon the bench. Complainant.—" There's Mr. Jordan there, can tell you what a set of fellows we have to deal with in the park, and I do hope I may have protection providing I'm ruislisted," (molested.) Mr. Jordan said the avenues in Toxteth-park were certainly in a most dangerous state from the gangs of ruffians and idle fellows who fre quented them. They were in companies of forty and fifty :,together, shouting, swearing, r i ot i ng , throwing stones, and , behaving with such indecorum, that it was absolutely danger ous for ladies to pass to and fro. if something was not done, they might as well give Toxtetle-park altogether into the hands of these fellows. Mr. Rushton said, Mr. Jordan was a member of the watch committee, and it seemed to him, that he (Mr. Jordan) had the remedy in his own hands. He might ptit on more constables, or take such steps' as were necessary. STEAM-BOAT CIRCULAR.—CantreII, Redcross-street.— This most useful little publication is progressing onwards most successfully. It ought to find a place in every office, and wherever the public resort. The information it contains for travellers is very valuable, and in one view they have the sailings of every steam• packet out of the port. The packets from Hull, &c. ought to be advertised in it. THEFT IN A PUBLIC-HOUSE. —Yesterday, a man named Edward Maxwell was committed for trial at the sessions on a charge of having stolen a sum of money from the till of a public-house in Park-lane. The precise amount taken was not sworn to, but it appeared there was amongst it a half crown. NEW MAP or LIVERPOOL. Wareing Webb, Liverpool.— A very neatly executed map of Liverpool has just been pub lished by Mr. Webb. It is beautifully got up, and is very accurate. To strangers visiting the town it will be found most useful. It is mounted on a card, and also in a case form for the pocket. The streets, public buildings, &c. are laid down with great care. The corners of the map are em bellished with views of the Town-Hull, Revenue Buildings, Railway Station, and the Cemetery. It is decidedly the most convenient map of Liverpool yet published, for either stranger or resident, and recommend it to notice. THE MELODICON, OR HARMONICA.-PIANO.—We had yesterday the pleasure of hearing a new musical instrument called a me7odicon, which we have little hesitation in pro nouncing one of the most extraordinary which has, for many years, been introduced to the notice of the public. This in strument is the third that has been made, and Vienna is the the place which has the honour of claiming the inventor. The gentleman by whom it is introduced here is Herr Breunig, and who, for brilliant execution, rapid fingering, and delicacy of touch, we may fairly place in the first rank of pianofurtists. The Miflodicon is precisely similar to the horizontal grand piano forte, and comprises six octaves. It is so contrived as to blend the tones of the selestina, seraphina, and liarmoni con, with the pianoforte, and either can be played separately or together. The tones are most wonderful ;—now crashing like thunder; anon, dying away with the softness of an Xolian harp. Herr Breunig played, for those who had been invited to meet hill, for nearly two hours, introducing fa vourite old and new music, by Weber, - Beethoven, Handel, &c., exhibiting the astonishing powers of the instrument. It is vain to attempt to describe either the instrument fur ther, or the effect of Herr Breunig's playing :—those who feel an inclination to hear him, will have the opportunity to-mor row evening; as he intends performing at the Mechanics' In stitution, after Dr. Epps' lecture. We can safely assure our readers that they have never yet heard a pianoforte of such an astonishing tone, and rarely such a player. . INQUESTS.—Yesterday, an inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., on view of the body of Robert Peoples. The deceased, who was about eight years of age, resided with his parents in Limekiln-lane. On the afternoon of Sunday, he went out apparently well, and returned in about two hours, black in the face, and nearly double. He recovered, and again appeared well, but on Monday afternoon took to violent vomiting and diarrlma. A surgeon was sent for, but he de clined and died on the following morning. The surgeon who attended, and afterwards made a post mortem examination, stated that the deceased died from rupture of a blood-vessel of the lungs, caused by disease of that organ.—Verdict accordingly. Same day an inquest was held on view of the body of Abraham Akin, a working man, aged 66. It ap peared from the evidence that the deceased, who was of in temperate habits, had gone to bed on Monday night.much intoxicated. In the morning he was seized with fits, from which he never recovered. On an examination of the body after death, the usual appearances were observed on the brain, that led to the opinion that he had died from apoplexy, the result of excessive drinking.—Verdict accordingly. THEATRE ROYAL. — This evening we lose one of the cleverest actresses, in our opinion, that has been attached to this theatre for years. We allude to Mrs. Bland, who, this evening, will take her benefit previous to her engagement at Covent Garden. Mrs. Bland first appeared at the Hay market as Letitia Hardy, in the " Belle's Stratagem ;" and in the following season, she acted Ophelia, at Drury-lane. In both these characters, and indeed all others, she met with the most decided success. On the appearance of her sister Miss Helen Faucit, six years ago, Mrs. Bland (then Miss Faucit) came to Liverpool for the benefit of her health, appearing on our boards as a successor to Mrs. Shaw, who left this country for America. Mrs. Bland has performed here, as original characters, Marian, in Knowles' " Wrecker's Daughter"—Hero, in Knowles' " Woman's Wit"—Con stance, in Knowles' "Love Chase"—Meta, in Knowles' " Maid of Mariendorpt"—Constance, in the " Provost of Bruges"—Julie, in Bulwer's "Richelieu"—and Pauline, in Bulwer's " Lady of Lyons." In the latter we have always pronounced Mrs. Bland to be inimitable. We consider it the first and best on the stage. Her next characters in point of merit are, Ophelia and Desdernona. Mrs. Bland's voice is rich and mellow. She sings sweetly, and with great taste. Her powers are greater in tender passages than those of rage and force. She will, we feel confident, be greatly missed, not only by the profession here, but by the public ; and we may reckon ourselves satisfied if her successor bas half her talents. Her memory is excellent, and she enters into the spirit of the scene con amore, and if we have occasionally found fault with her manner, it has been with a good wish towards her. We hope she will meet with a good reception on her re-appearance in London. She may rely upon a wel come if she condescends to re-visit us time hence. In 1839, 12th November—we like to be particular—Mrs. Bland was married. Of Mr. Bland, little may be said. He dresses well, and looks gentlemanly on the stage ; and when he does relax from his rigidity, and throw off his apathy, he displays a vein of humour. that only wants striking upon to pro duce a spark.—The play of " Money," (in whieh Mr. Stuart plays Evelyn and Mrs. Bland Clam) and the after-piece of the " Falls of the Clyde," are selected for this evening's amasements, and we doubt not that a good house will honour Mrs. Bland on her farewell. A spirited address has been written by Mr. Stuart. Mr. Lynne, who is engaged at Drury-lane, plays in the " Falls of the Clyde." It will be noticed, that Miss Ellen Tree and Mr. Anderson appear on Monday. NEW CHURCHES IN MANCHESTER. — We have great pleasure in communicating to our readers, that the commit tee for building and endowing ten churches in five years, in the boroughs of Manchester and Salford, have hitherto been crowned with the most encouraging success. The funds subscribed for this important object since February last—a period of little more than five months, and that a period also of perhaps unparalleled depression of business in those dis tricts—amount to upwards of £25,000; a very striking in stance, that where there is a will, with the Divine blessing, there is the way. It is evident it is the wish of the com mittee to make the best use of the means placed at their dis posal; and we understand that no doubt exists that no fewer than four churches will be in very advanced progress by the close of the' year. The foundation-stone of the first of these Christian edifices, called St. Bartholomew's, was laid on Monday morning last, in Regent-road, Salford, by Wilbra ham Egerton, Esq. There were present upwards of 2,000 spectators, including the clerical and lay members of the committee, several clergymen of Manchester and its vicinity, many highly respectable gentlemen and ladies, and a large concourse of the labouring inhabitants of the neighbourhood. The Rev. Hugh Stowell, incumbent of the district, offered up an appropriate prayer, and, at the conclusion of the ce remony of laving the stone, addressed the anxious assembly, who were deeply impressed throughout its delivery. We sincerely desire that the influence of this great and good example may take root, and spread throughout the length and breadth of the land. GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL. — We call attention to the programme (see advertisement) of the sacred perform ances to take place at the ensuing festival, which will far surpass anything of the kind at former music meetings. The band, consisting of the elite of the instrumental performers in this country, will contain between three and four hundred musicians. These will give with astounding power and effect the pieces selected for the occasion. This selection has been made with the greatest judgment and taste, not only as re gards the merit of the compositions, but as affecting the ex citement kept up in the public mind. We can scarcely ima gine that there can exist any true lover of music, who having heard the Creation, and the Last Judgment, given by this magnificent band, would omit attending on the following days, at the performance of the Messiah, and that of Israel in Egypt, and the Lobgesang, the latter an absolute novelty in this country, in which it has not been performed since its completion. We have never yet known a musical festival where the interest has been so skilfully divided between the different performances, and where a new piece of high merit has been kept to conclude with. The first, second, and third days thus offer an equal interest ; and we think few who are in Gloucester will resist the attraction of all three. The se lections for the service on the Tuesday morning have been made with equal skill. That the evening concerts, at which the vocal powers of Mesdames Dorus Gras, Viardot, and Garoia, Misses Birch, Hawes, and Marshall, and Messrs. Bennett, Hobbs, and Philips, are to be combined, will prove most attractive, there can be no doubt. - - - THE TOWN COUNCIL. — The usual monthly meeting of the Town Council ought to have been held on Wednesday last. The circulars, summoning the members, were duly issued, and the notice, in due legal form, was posted in front of the Town-hall during three clear days preceding. At eleven o'clock, however, very few members were in attendance, and at nearly twenty minutes past eleven only eighteen members had arrived. It is required by the municipal act that one third (twenty-two) of the whole body of the council must be present for the legal transaction of the public business. As it was impossible to proceed with the subjects on the paper, the Mayor dismissed those who had attended, declaring that it was no council. Another council will be summoned for next Wednesday. The business which was to have been transacted we have gathered from the summonses. The pro ceedings of the finance committee comprised an offer made of land, to Messrs. Holme, in exception of the general rule, to offer first by public auction. The proceedings of the edu cation committee comprised the appointment of Marianne Boyce to the situation of second mistress in the South School, at the salary of .4:60 per annum. Notices of the three following motions had been given :—First, by Mr. Councillor Smith, " to elect a member of the watch, lighting, cleansing, and fire police committees, in the room of Mr. George Quayle, who had ceased to be a member of the coun cil ;" second, by Mr. Councillor Aikin, " That a committee be appointed to inquire into, and report upon, the expediency of removing the Police Court, the Court of Requests, and the Watch Committee Rooms, and the main Bridewell, together with the offices connected therewith respectively, from their present sites to the site of the Islington Market and land in Shaw's-brow, adjacent to that market; and also, to inquire and report upon the value of the sites near the Town-hall, which, by such removal, would be placed at the disposal of the council;" and, third, by the same member, " That the sum of £5O, paid by Mr. Quayle on his resignation, be re turned to him. , We could name some members who always make their appearance at the board at the time appointed ; some who merely look in, occasionally, during the proceed inn-s ; and others who seldom show their faces at all, and who are councillors only in name. At the first council in August, the subject was slightly alluded to by the Mayor and others, and the Mayor declared that in future if there were not a council at the time appointed, the punctual mem- 'ierssllOuicci,e --- allowed to depart, and not be kept waiting for those who did not choose to attend. It is to be hoped that such of our municipal representatives as feel conscious of having been faulty in this respect, will see the prop r i e ty o f not suffering the public business to be retarded by their neg lect.—Gore's Advertiser. [The foregoing paragraph sa vours strongly of emanating from the confines of the Town hall. We believe the circumstance, which is made matter of complaint, has occurred about once only, previously, in three years, so that the evil is by no means so gre informed this state ment is int en d e d t o re present. The public is that the circulars summoning the members were duly issued, and the notice in due legal form, was placed in front of the Town-hall, during three clear days preceding." Miraculous punctuality ! but why miraculous? Are not the Town-hall, .and all p er t a i n i ng to it, the very patterns of perfection , for regularity, good order, promises, and precision ? Then why so professionally talk about " the circulars, is realling the y bei ng d u ly i ssu ed," &c. &c. This really gilding refined to ld," and leads one almost to c onc eive that all is not exactly clockwork with i n t h e T ow n-hall. Now, touching the s e b oasted summonses, the i r -b e i ng d u ly issued. &c., we would respectfully inquire in how many in stances have the summonse s , from time to time , been altered, interlined, &c., aft er being printed, ' before they reached the hands of the members of the counc il? We pause for a reply. We hate hypocrisy ; but, from all we can learn, we believe if a good search was made, it would be found that some of the me mbers of the council were not the only parties who h ave kept the council wa i ting for a quarter of an hour, and that ou many occasions. The f ac t i s, that the f au l t i s mor e within the walls of the Town-hall than with those without them ; and that the further charge " o f su ff er i ng t h e pu bli c business to be retarded by their neglect," is also misplaced and un founded. So much, if it be so, for the Town-hall lecture on punctuality.] MEETING OF LEY-PAYERS Yesterday a meeting of the parishioners.in vestry was held in St. Nicholas's Church, ptirsuant to a requisition from the paving and sewerage commissioners. to the churchwardens and overseers, " for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of sanctioning an application to parliament by the said commissioners, in the ensuing session, for an act to alter, amend, extend, and enlarge the powers and provisions of an act passed in the eleventh year of the reign of King George the fourth, iutituled 'An Act for the better Paving and Sewerage of the town of Liverpool, in the county pala tine of Lancaster, and for settling the boundaries between the said town and the township of Kirkdale, and parts of the townships of Everton and West Derby.' " The Rev. AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL junior rector of Liver pool, presided. Mr. M. D. LOWNDES, vestry clerk, having read the ad vertisement-issued by the churchwardens, convening the meeting, and the requisitioa of the commissioners, Mr. JOHN HOLMES said that. last Tuesday week he had stated that the object of the commissioners in calling the parishioners together was to prevent a bill which had been braught in by government, for making sewers in towns, be ing made applicable to Liverpool, it being thought better to keep that power in the hands of the inhabitants themselves rather than trust commissioners in London to do as they thought proper. He should therefore move that "in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable that the present act for the paving and sewerage of the town should be amended, by giving power to the commissioners, among other things, of levying a sewerage rate in lieu of the one expired, for the purpose of enabling the commissioners to continue those im provements in the sewerage and drainage of the town which . . are so essential to the health and benetilof the town at large ; and that this meeting sanctions and approves of the com missioners applying to parliament in the ensuing session for an act to alter, amend, and enlarge the powers and provi sions in the said act, but with this express understanding that the sewerage rate to be applied for shall not exceed two pence in the pound, one half to be chargeable to the owners of property subject to such rate, and the other half to the oc cupiers thereof." Mr. H wrcHrNsoN seconded the motion. Mr. FORD had no intention of opposing the motion, but he begged to make a few suggestions, which it complied with, would, be thought, be beneficial to the interests of the rate payers. He considered that the commissioners had not been sufficiently communicative of their intentions. They told the parishioners they wanted to extend the provisions of the sewerage act, which was right enough, and to impose a rate of two pence in the pound, but they did not say whether that act should be permanent or only for a limited period. They had not defined to what extent they intended to sewer by any specific elause to be inserted in the bill. He would for these reasons suggest that the motion be allowed to pass upon the condition that a vestry meeting should be called for the consi deration of the bill after it had been printed and read a first time in the House of Commons. As the matter now stood the commissioners were taking power to any extent. Mr. JOHN HOLMES.—It is proposed that the bill shall continue for ten years. _ _ _ Mr. FORD thOught that the commissioners could have no objection to place the bill, after it had been printed, be fore the parishioners. The bill would be none the worse for it, but the parishioners certainly ought to know what was doing. The holding of such a meeting would allow of any objectionable clause being withdiawn, and a fresh one sub stituted beneficial to the parishioners, and satisfactory to the commissioners. He wished to suggest another matter which was of importance in an economical point of view ; it was that the sewerage, watch, and scavenging rates should all be levied along with the poor's rates, by the churchwardens and overseers, as one rate. If this plan was adopted, one set of collectors and one book would suffice, and he believed that a saving of .El5OO or £l6OO a year would result. Mr. ASPINALL and Mr. BIRKETT said the proposition was impracticable. Mr. FORD believed it perfectly practicable. It would cause a great saving in the summoning of defaulters. If a man was a defaulter to the poor's rates as well as the sewerage rates. there were two summonses, and two benches to sit upon one individual. It would be better to put all into one, because one party would then have the power of summoning and en forcing payment. He threw out these suggestions for the consideration of the commissioners. Mr. JOHN HOLMES said if all the rates were put into one paper, many people would not pay at all. He had always found that the smaller the sum the better chance was there of collecting it. Mr. FORD replied that this difficulty might be overcome by putting specific items into the bill, and taking the money by instalments. Mr. BIItKETT said the commissioners had power to remit their rate, which the churchwardens had not. Mr. Holmes was the means of getting that power inserted in the act, and the commissioners could now remit the rates of parties, with out going to the expense of summoning them. The church wardens had no such power; the magistrates alone had the power of remitting the payment of poor rates. He felt cer tain, therefore, that the suggestions of Mr. Ford would effect no improvement. The time of the overseers was so taken up with the registration and the consequences of it, that Ile was sure the matter worked better as it was, than it would by being all put under one hand, unless the duty wastaken away from the overseers of making out and managing the re gistration. Mr. ASPINA.M. said, that besides by the new bill it would give additional labour to the collectors. Mr. HUTCHINSON said, that if the rates were put together the time of the magistrates would be absorbed in hearing appeals. Mr. FORD observed, that as Mr. Birkett had stated the commissioners had power to remit without going before the magistrates, why not give them the same power under the new act ? Mr. Lowrams, in answer, entered into some explanations, but we were unable to catch the purport of them. Mr. FORD, as a proof that his suggestion was good, said that many gentlemen preferred paying all their rates together. Mr. BIRKETT said that was true enough, but there were others who could not. If Mr. Ford's suggestion were ad dopted instead of an unanimous sanction of the bill, the commissioners would have to encounter opposition from all quarters. Mr. Ford asked what the commissioners were going to do with another rate ? He would tell him, a two penny rate would raise £5OOO, or perhaps £6OOO. That would be sufficient for their purposes, considering what they had already done. The had made thirty-five miles of main sewerage in from eighty to ninety miles of streets in the The remainder of the sewers to be made, therefore, would be small ones, the expense of which would fall very light upon the rate payers. In the whole ten years of their act, the commissioners had got only £2OOO in debt. [Mr. ASPINALL.-And that is not all for sewering.] He (Mr. Birkett) for one, said, "if there is to be any opposition to the bill, let us have it here in Liverpool : " When the bill was printed the commissioners would lie glad to lay it before the parishioners; but he would say that the twopenny rate was the only principle involved in it, the rest being all details of minor importance. Mr. ASPINALL said he was able to shew the quantity of sewerage done, the amount it had cost, and the valuatioh of it, it the meeting wished to enter on that subject. (A voice. —No, no.) The commissioners were only £194 in debt on account of the sewerage : the debt due to the bank was for other purposes, They had exceeded the £lOO,OOO, which they were empowered by law to expend, only by £194, (hear, hear,) and with it they had made nine miles, four hundred and sixty yards of sewerage more than they con- tracted for.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. FORD said his sole object was to take away responsi bility from the commissioners. Why not, when the bill was printed, bring all the details before the parishioners ? Let it be laid before them, and if there were any objectionable clauses in it, let the parishioners state their feelings upon them ; by that means any vicious principle which there might be in the bill would be seen. Mr. BIRKETT said if there was any vicious principle in the bill, the churchwardens might call a parish meeting upon it ; but he could assure Mr. Ford that all, except the twopenny rate, was mere minor detail. The commissioners, however, would be glad to receive any suggestions concern- ing it. Mr. KNAPPER concurred with Mr. Ford that the 'bill ought to be laid before the parishioners. He really thought the parishioners should have an opportunity of seeing what was the nature of the clauses introduced into the bill before there was a possibility of its becoming law. The CHAIRMAN said the parishioners certainly would have that. The only question was, whether the bill was to be considered by the parish in vestry assembled. He, himself, did not think that very wise. If the commissioners saw anything objectionable to the bill, then they would have no objection to that course, but they did not like to pledge themselves to it at this time. Mr. LOWNDES mentioned that it had always been cus tomary whenever a bill affecting the parish had been before parliament, for the parishioners to have an opportunity of discussing it. After a few words from Mr. BIRKETT, who repeated that the bill did not meddle with the principle of the present act. except as to the twopenny rate, Mr. ASPIN ALI, and Mr. LOWNDES, the motion was put and carried unanimously. Mr. Ford then moved, and Mr. Knapper seconded the following resolution, which was also carried unanimously : " That the churchwardens shall convene another meeting of the inhabitants, after the proposed biil shall have been printed, on receiving a requisition from ten rate-payers, stating their objections to such parts of the bill as they wish to have discussed." The thanks of the parishioners were then voted to the Rev. Rector Campbell for his conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated. Sir Watkins 'William Wynn, Bart., M.P., arrived at Wynnstay on Monday last from town, to make the necessary arrangements for the festivities there next week. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The fine weather is daily enti cing crowds of persons to these delightful gardens. The siege of Acre is undiminished in interest, and it seems to defy all the shocks of fire, and sword, and gun, both big and s ASSAULT.—At the Police-court, yesterday, Mr. Robert Johnson appeared to answer a summons for an assault issued at the instance of Mr. G. H. Wilson. Both plaintiff and defendant are youths, and clerks in the employ of Messrs. Brown and Shipley. Several young men, also belonging to the office, were in attendance as witnesses. The complainant said, that on Monday, about noon, while he was busy at the office, one of the young gentlemen present, Mr. Augustus Turner, (defendants companion and fellow-lodger,) came to him, and told him that Robert Johnson (the defendant) had told him to say that he wished particularly to speak to him outside. Complainant made some demur, but eventually went out to see him. He found him in the warehouse, and when he got into a dark part of it, Johnson said to com plainant" You have been interfering with my private affairs," to which he replied that he was authorised by his family to collect his accounts. The defendant then struck him several times. The complainant added that the defendant had been extravagant in his expenditure ; that his accounts had been collected and sent to his family, who had written back, re turning thanks. On cross-examination the complainant said he was employed conjointly with another party to collect the defendants accounts, and that he himself had only col lected one account, which he had shown to a private friend of his own. He denied that he ever said he'd flatten John son's head against the wall if he struck him again. The fur ther evidence was irrevalent to the charge, which was sub stantiated. The defendant is by much the smaller of the two belligerents. Mr. Rushton, addressing the defendant and his companions, said he had been very ill-advised. A parcel of conceited lads, such as they were, ran into debt with their tailors and others, and because means were taken to assist in stopping their extravagant expenditure by one who was authorised to do so, he is called into the warehouse and assaulted. He considered it would be much better for them to apply themselves to their employers business. The complainant had, however, acted very improperly in showing the defendants accounts to any one. He then required Johnson to pay a tine of 10s. and costs for the assault, or be imprisoned five days. - - • SALMON FISHING.—Some notion of the success of the salmon fishings this season in Scotland may be formed from the following facts :—The arrivals in London of salmon for a period of eleven days (being from the Ist to the 11th Aug.) from Spey, Tay, Aberdeen, and Tweed alone , amounted to no less th a n 11,900 b oxes . Suppose the salmon to have sold at 6d. per lb., and the grilse at 5d., the value of each box would be .12 10s., so that the value of the salmon sent to London alone, daring the above short period, from the four quarters mentioned, must have amounted to no less than £41,650. This valuable fish has, this season, been more abundant in Scotland than it has been for several previous years. Salmon and grilse have not been so cheap for the last ten years. The average price for the last two months, at the water side, has been—salmon, from 5 3 d to 6d per lb. ; grilse, aid to 41d; trout, 3d to 34d, —Stirling Paper. SOUTH LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY (Before Mr. JUStiCe WIGHTM As.) VIGNOLLES V. LEFItOY. At the opening of the court at nine o'clock this morning, Mr. Justice WiGnTm AN commenced summing up the evi dence in this case. His lordship went most elaborately through the entire circumstances, and concluded au admi rable summary of the case a few minutes before eleven o'clock. The Jury then retired for consultation. At one o'clock they returned into court, with the following verdict : We fi nd that the defendant was or i g i na ll y li a bl e , a n d that the plaintiff went io work upon such liability of the defendant; second, that the plaintiff ceased to be engineer on the 21st Septem ber, 1836, on the appointment of Mr. Nimmo ; third, that the plaintiff has not been paid the value of the work done by him previous to the 21st September, 1836; and that he is entitled to the further sum of £1980; and fourth, that the plaintiff was not employed by the defendant to do any work previous to the second application to parliament. On the application of Mr. DUNDAS, the plaintiff's counsel, the learned Judge certified that the case was one for a special jury. SHARP AND OTHERS v. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY (s. J.) This action was brought to recover a balance of account for goods sold and delivered. The plaintiffs are John Roberts, Thomas B. Sharp, and John Sharp, survivors of Thomas Sharp, engine manufacturers, of Manchester, who claimed from the directors of the Great Western Railway Company a balance of the amount charged for ten locomo tive engines. The defendants pleaded that they had not promised, as alleged, that they had paid, and that they had a set off to a greater amount than that claimed. Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Yates appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Wortley and Mr. Watson for the defendants. Mr. CRusswELL stated, that in the year 1839 the directors, of the Gre;,t Western Railway contracted with the plaintiffs to manufacture for them ten locomotive engines, which amounted to upwards of £20,000, and it was for the recovery of £662 on those engines that the present action was brought. The contract was dated 21st May, 1839. The engines were to have seven-feet driving wheels and tenders, according to drawings. The engines were to be delivered at certain dates. Each engine was to he s u bj ec t t o a t r i a l o f 1,000 miles, and Sharp, Roberts. and Co. were to be liable to any breakage which might take place in such trial, arising out of defective materials or workmanship. These trials were to take place within a month of the delivery of each engine. If the en gines were not so tried within a month, there was an end of all responsibility on the part of the manufacturers. The price of each engine was to be £1,850, and of each tender £452. In the contract, provision was made that the fire boxes were to be of copper, 7-16ths of an inch thick. The engines were delivered from time to time : the Tiger on the 15th May, 1840; the Leopard. 7th June ; the Panther, 24th June; the Lynx, 14th September-; the Stag, Greyhound, Vulture, Hawk, Falcon, and Ostrich, at other dates; and each under went its trial of one thousand miles in a proper manner, one of the plaintiffs' men superintending the trial. It ap peared that Mr. Brunel was the engineer for the railway, and Mr. Gooch attended to the engines. No complaint was made respecting the engines till after the company had been pressed for payment of the balance. The plaintiffs received letters from time to time from Mr. Gooch, stating that their engines did very well; that the last was the best; that he was sorry he had not ordered the Hawk to be, made with a division in the box, &c. Four months after the Hawk had performed her trial of one thousand miles, a complaint was made that her crank-axle had turned out a bad one and that the wheel had got out of truth a little. It was alleged that various measures had been tried to remedy the defect in the wheel, and ultimately the crank was sent back. The plain tiffs pressed for the payment of the balance. On the day after Mr. Gooch had, according to the request of the plain tiffs, pressed fur payment. Mr. Brunel wrote to them, find ing fault with the engines, saying the fire-boxes were all wrong ; that they were below the specified thickness ; that one of the partners ought to go over and inspect them ; that, as they were made of insufficient copper, that he considered the transaction a little discreditable, and was compelled to give notice that he should hold them responsible. Mr. Cresswell said he should prove that the copper was good ; that it was bought from a respectable manufacturer, and was of the specified thickness. The complaint had been made nine months after the engine was tried, and if the copper was then found thinner than specified it was probably because some chymical effect had been produced on it by the coke used. He would prove that the ten engines had been de livered and tried according to contract, and that they had all been received by the company. The contract having been read, a witness was called who proved the delivery and trial of the engines ; that they were in good workint order; and that the company " took to them." Mr. Woamin - , iu reply to a question from the Judge, said he contended that the plaintiffs had not performed their con tract : first, that they had not used the best copper for the purpose ; and, next, that they had not put in proper rivets : they ought to have put in copper rivets and they had put in iron rivets. Mr. CRESSWELL said the copper, it was evident, had be come thinner from use. As to the rivets, he had never heard a word about them till that moment. Mr. WORTLEY said they had not made the discovery till the last week. Mr. CRESSWELL said, if the defendants were prepared to go Into evidence on the subject of the copper, he was ready to meet them on the subject of the rivets. His LORDSHIP thought the evidence as to the copper was inadmissible, and Mr. Wortley declined to go into evidence touching the rivets. A verdict was taken for the plaintiff, damages, £662. BROOKS AND OTHERS V. MITCHELL. In this case, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Cow ling appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Dundas and Mr. Watson for the defendant. The plaintiffs were the assignees of Charles Evans, a bankrupt, and the action was brought to recover fi om Mr. Mitchell the sum of £l,OOO, the amount of a promissory note received from a Mr. Lens, drawn in 1824, and bearing interest to the day of payment. It was alleged that the note had passed into the hands of the defendant, in fraud of the creditors of Evans. Mr. WORTLEY stated the case, to the effect that Evans, who was a man of humble birth, had lost his mother early in life, and had been brought up by a person named Lens. He subsequently entered the army, and on his return he found that his uncle, Mr. Mottram, was a flourishing banker. Eventually, Mr. Mottram retired from business, and left it to Evans, occasionally exercising some controul over it, and supplying funds. In 1824, being anxious to assist his foster-brother, Mr. Lens, he lent to that person £l,OOO, unknown to Mr. Mottram. He received Mr. Lens's pro missory note for the amount,lthe note bearing interest to the date of payment. Some time afterwards Evans became a bankrupt. The note had passed from his hands, through those of a person named Royle, into those of the defendant, Mitchell. Royle was also embarrassed soon afterwards, and paid a dividend of 4s. Gd. in the pound. Evans having paid ss. Gd. in the pound, Royle proved on Evans's estate for a small sum, but no mention was made of the promissory note either on Evans's bankruptcy or Royle's composition. Mr. Wortley said that he should prove that Mitchell, who had held the note for some time, was in limited business, though he had held the note a year and a half without apply ing for payment, and that the three, Evans, Royle, and Mitchell, had been in constant habits of intimacy. The learned counsel read over the examination of Mitchell be fore Evans's assignees. Mitchell stated that he had given a consideration of £950 for the bill, but on being cross examined his memory appeared to have been rather loose as to the circumstances. He stated that his first payment was £3OO, for which lie received a promissory note, the second £4OO, for which he also received a promissory note, and the remainder was in small sums. Several witnesses were called, who proved that Evans, Royle, and Mitchell were on intimate terms, and that Mr. Mitchell did not appear to be in a very extensive way of business. It appeared that Mrs. Lens, the widow of Mr. Lens, had paid the whole amount of the bill into the Court of Chancery. It was shown on the face of the bill, and by letter, that Mitchell had applied for the interest of the bill, and that ultimately he had applied peremptorily for payment. It was contended by Mr. Dundas, that Mitchell had given a valuable consideration of the bill. His Lordship said, the questions for the jury would be, whether the note were indorsed to Royle before or after the bankruptcy ; if they were of opinion that it was before the bankruptcy, the next question would be, whether Royle gave a valuable consideration for the indorament. If they were of opinion that Royle did not give a valuable consideration for it, they were next to consider whether Mitchel gave Royle a valuable consideration for it. The jury found generally for the defendant. They were of opinion that the note was indorsed before the bankruptcy : as to whether Royle gave value for it, there was no evidence ; and they believed that Mitchell gave a valuable consideration for the note. GOW U. GREGORY AND OTHERS. The plaintiff, in this case, was Mr. Walter Gow, a com mission agent, at Manchester ; the defendant, James Gregory, Pollett, and John Edie, formerly clerks with Messrs. Cope land and Duncan, of this town. Mr. Wortley and Mr. Crompton appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Watson for Gregory, and Mr. Cowling for Pollett. John Edie had suffered judgment to go by default. The action was brought to recover the sum of £95, with interest. It appeared that Mr. Pollett and Mr. Edie tran sacted business in this country, and Mr. Gregory in Calcutta. Pollett and Edie acting as shipping agents, ordered Mr. Gow to purchase certain goods in Manchester, which was consigned to Gregory. The evidence, which was principally of a docu mentary character, went to prove, that the transaction was a joint one amongst the parties. Mr. WATSON, ou behalf of Gregory, contended that his client had nothing to do with the matter. A letter from Gregory was put in, stating that the markets were bad on the arrival of certain goods, and begging that no further con signments should be made "on joint account." The jury found for the plaihtiff, damages X 95, with £l.los. interest. . _ _ The court broke up at eight o'clock, the business of the assizes having terminated with the above case. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE At the meeting of the Dock Committee yesterday the fol lowing members were present :—Messrs. Benn, (chairman,) Horsfall, Holmes, Middleton, Sands, Sandbach, Mellor, G. Holt, Chapman, Moon, Martin, Smith, Tobin and Evans. The Sub-committee of Works reported that the deepening of Prince's Basin, ordered on the Bth of November last, was now completed • also that the road round Brunswick Grav ing Dock into g e fton-street was now completed and in use. The DOCK SURVEYOR called the attention of the committee to the management of the dock cranes and stages, requesting some better arrangements to be made for the care of them. The handles of the cranes were frequently lost or misplaced, and others applied which did not belong to them, by which the squares were injured, or they were used by incompetent parties. Stages were also frequently left across the quay, and injured by carts running up . on their ends. The report of the surveyor c oncluded by stating that it was desirable for closer attention to be paid to these matters. After some dis cussion, in which various remedies were suggested, the sub ject was referred for enquiry to the Ha r bo ur - mas t ers ' Sub committee. A letter was read from the Sec r et ar y o f th e St eam -t ug Company, requesting the committee to accept the use of their tug Albert, for the periodical excursion on Monday last, free of charge. Mr. EvANs, in the course of the conversation ' complained that the fact of the com mittee bein g at Hilbre Island had not been telegraphed. Mr. HORSPALL said the circumstance had been tele graphed, but the keepers of the telegraph in this town had not communicated it to the Underwriters'-room. The S E c R ETARY then read the report of the committee of the result of their examination of the various telegraph stations, channels, lighthouses, lightships, and buoys, from which it appeared that all were in good order. A resolution was then passed adopting the report autho rising the treasurer to pay £2 to the captaiu, and ss. each to the men, of the Albert steam-tug. On the recommendation of the Sub -committee of Works, capstans and mushrooms were ordered to be placed on ap propriate sites on the quays of Waterloo, Victoria and Clarence docks. A report from the head-constable, concerning the fire which occurred on Sunday morning last, on board the Mary, in Salthouse-dock, was read and received. It attributed the fire to some of the crew having been smoking. An application from the consignees of the Frew:ill vessel Cormoran, bound for Rochefort, and now taking in machi nery in this port, for a remission of the dock dues was declined, on the ground that the committee have not power to comply with the application. The committee then separated. TO THE HON. AND REV. BAPTIST NOEL (No. H.) LivErpool, 31st August, 1841. Ray. Slll,--On page 7 of your pamphlet, I find what I cannot but call another most sweeping assertion, in the fol lowing words :—" The greatest opponents to any change in the corn laws, no less than the advocates of change, declare that it will cheapen bread." And then flow on a number of beautiful results from this supposed cheapening of bread, in the reduction in the price of meat and all the other necessa ries of life. But how stands the matter of fact respecting these various opinions? I find my Lord Spencer, an advo cate for the change. speaking thus :—" He did not believe that, by the abolition of the corn laws, the price of corn would be materially altered, and the price of corn in other countries would be in a great measure regulated by its price in England." I also find my Lord Brougham in the same debate, saying—" A fixed duty, however, of Bs. could not possibly produce any reduction in price. * * The government had not the right to speak of flair mea sure as calculated to cheapen corn, seeing that it could not possibly lower the price of corn one farthing." These are the opinions of the only two noblemen whom I find speaking upon the subject of the change in duty lowering the price of bread, and although both advocate for a change, unhesita tingly state that they do not expect it to produce such re sults. Neither can I find that Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Mel bourne, or any other able advocates for the change, argue that it will cheapen the price of bread. I am justified, therefore, in saying, that this must be looked upon as a very hasty and rash assertion, with which, I am sorry to say, your pamphlet abounds. You also seem to consider that the " turning of corn lands into pasturage," as it would cheapen meat, must be a result heartily to be desired. But, taking the liberty of preferring the opinion of a practical man, I turn again to Earl Spencer, and find him speaking thus on the subject :—" He had no hesitation in saying, that were the proposed alterations to have the effect of throwing a considerable portion of the best land out of cultivation, it would be most calamitous to the country." On the subject of the decrease of wages producing an in crease of trade, and thereby an increase of labour, which would cause an increase in the rate of wages, you have cer tainly entered a labyrinth of mystification. If lowering the price of bread will have the effect of increasinc , the price of wages, how are the manufacturers benefitted, who cannot at the present wages compete with the foreign manufacturer ? They require a reduction in the wages to enable them thus to compete with foreigners ; for what would be the benefit of opening up new sources of trade, if, in the outset, our manufacturers find themselves undersold by foreigners? — and they admit that they cannot now compete with them. What, then, is to enable them to do it, but a reduction in the cost of manufacturing? and in what can this reduction take place, except in wages? That " nearly one-third of the Irish population of Liver pool would be found, at any time, to be starving there in damp, dark, naked, and pestiferous cellars," I deny; for, to the shame of the merchants of Liverpool be it spoken, these Irish labourers are employed to the exclusion of their own townsmen, the honest Protestant operatives of Liverpool, who are many of them in a state of the greatest destitution; while they see the labour of the town taken from them by a body of men much less entitled to it than themselves. I must just remark in passing, that this is a grievous and shainefut system, and one against which the merchants should set their faces. I could point out men, employing from one, two, to three hundred labourers ; and these al most to a man Papists, and no other would be employed. This is the doing of the master lumper or warehouseman, and indirectly the fault of the merchants themselves. That these Irish labourers may be seen in their cellars in a state of ragged and apparently wretched misery, I do not deny ; but 1 do deny that doublin g c , the wages would alter the case. Experience teaches this. Inglis, in his Tour in Ireland, says :—" But bad as is the condition of the Irish, they do not make the best of it, and will not work for what they call kitchen,' which Means any comfort beyond what is neces sary for bare existence." On page 11 you say—" It seems then clear that cheap bread would secure to the labouring classes of Great Britain and Ireland more abundant employment, better wages, and a large share of the comforts of life ; and it is most satisfactory to think of the consequences which might result from their improved condition. Thus many would have their lives pro longed, who are now sinking prematurely to the grave from insufficient food. Children now dwarfed and crippled in their growth from the same cause, would grow up in the en joyment of ruddy health to a vigorous maturity. The demo ralization generally attendant upon hopeless inaction and habitual mendicity would cease. Parents who now cannot afford to pay anything for their children's education, would then be able to provide for it; and these children, now taken from school the moment that they can learn anything, how ever trifling, by their labour, might then remain much longer under instruction." Now, sir, these are all very delightful results, but I fear they arise simply from the fertile imagination of a benevolent disposition, and if not borne out by matter of fact, are much more likely to mislead and cause discontent than produce any other result ; would it not be better to prove as you go on, that a change in the corn laws would produce cheap bread, that cheap bread would produce abundant labour and better wages, and a larger share of the comforts of life ; and when these points have been proved, then, perhaps, it would be time enough to contemplate the happy consequences re sulting therefrom. But be it remembered that you have not yet proved any of these points ; and can you satisfactorily prove " that many are sinking prematurely to the grave from insufficient food ;" and that " children are dwarfed and crippled in their growth from the same cause." If not, surely it is a pity to draw up imaginary distress and misery, simply to harrow up the feelings, and which must do harm to those who fancy themselves the victims or martyrs. That " children are dwarfed and crippled in their growth," and the seeds of consumption and other diseases sown by the manufacturing system, which appears to be your palladium for all the distress of the country, I can refer you to abundant evidence to prove. You say in page 11, " the poor do not ask the charity of their countrymen ; all they wish is to be permitted to buy with their own labour what other nations are willing to sell. Left alone they could feed and clothe themselves, educate their children, and provide for the de crepitude of age ; why should the law step in and say, you shall neither labour nor eat? God has provided food for theta in other lands ; and if no law prevented, they could easily buy it. Can it be right that the law should intercept the bounty of God, and sentence them to perpetual want." Can any good result from this extravagant mode of over stating a case? How does the law say? " you shall neither labour nor eat." Ilow can it be said that the law intercepts the bounty of God, and sentences them to perpetual want." Such expressions as these, sir, however good the motive of the party making them, must have an evil tendency. But to argue the matter in plain common sense, would it be ra tional and just, think you, for the labourer to say to the party from whom he was earning his bread—lt is true you pay the taxes of the country,—it is true you pay for the support of the army and navy, to protect our country from the invasion of a foreign foe,—it is true you pay for the support of our na tional church ;—but I think I could buy bread cheaper of a foreigner, who has not these taxes to pay ; therefore, al though I earn my living out of you,—although I derive the advantage of the protection given to the country from foreign foes, and benefit by the happy administration of our coun try's laws,—and enjoy the blessings of a national church, — all paid for by you,—yet I can buy my bread at a cheaper market, and therefore will do so ? Now, to turn the tables for one minute, what would be said of a landholder or a ma nufacturer who - should say,—" I have for some time been employing 500 labourers, at a cost of 12s. or 15s. per week each ; but I have discovered a more economical mode, by sending for 500 Spaniards, or other foreigners, whom I can get at half that price ; I shall, therefore, turn off all my English bands, and take these foreigners into my employ?" — Why, the man would be justly scouted as a foe to his coun try, and these very free-trade brawlers would be the first to condemn him. Then let us have fair play on both sides. And now, sir, I come to your climax of logical argument. Be it remembered that I lay no claim whatever to the cha racter of a logician myself, but merely wish to state the case as a matter-of-fact-man. You say, then, " If it be replied that grave interests require this interposition of the law, let me ask what interests? It is not very likely that agriculture would suffer by a reduction of the corn duty, since the Dukes of Bedford and Devonshire, of Sutherland and Cleveland, Marquis of Westminster, Lord Leicester, Lord Spencer, and Lord Fitz william are all favourable to the change." A most luminous argument forsooth. So, then, if I can say, " Such an alteration in the corn-laws tritest be most ruinous to the landed interest, as the Dukes of Buckingham, Richmond, Rutland, and Wellington, the Marquis Camden, the Earls of Harrowby, Liverpool, Winchelsea, and Ripon are opposed to it. According to your mode of argument, I must have the best of it, as I should count nine against your eight. I think this will not do, sir, even with the operatives. At any rate, I can answer for the operatives of Liverpool seeing through it. In my next I will take the liberty to show how ready you have been to pourtray great grievances to the poor. which exist only in the misstatements of individuals, too ready at all times to hunt out for supposed wrongs, and cause discontent amongst the labouring classes of our land.—l beg to remain, reverend sir, your very obedient servant, J. C. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Can you inform your numerous readers why it is that the shabby whigs have not included our worthy and talented townsman, Sir Joshua Walmsley, in the list of new baronets ? It does appear to me, that he has been most scurvily treated. A man of his importance to be thrust aside with a shabby knighthood ! The thing is incredible. A. whole batch of Scotchmen and Irishmen, who, like Sir Joshua, were defeated at the last election, have had blushing honours thrust upon them, whilst he, the foremost man of the Liverpool reformers, has been passed over in contemptu ous negligence. Why, sir, it is enough to make ones blood boil! He was not born to greatness, but he has nobly achieved it. He did not thrust himself forward as a candi date for the Civic Chair, nor for the honour of representing Liverpool. His proverbial modesty forbade such a " pre sumption." It was absolutely forced upon him. Nay, sir, do not laugh, for I assure you it is true ; and to a very high place in the cabinet he was destined, had not the calamitous turn-out of Labouchere and Co. so unhappily occurred. The only solution to the mystery must be this, that it has been offered him ; but he, being a quiet, unambitious man, very unassuming and very modest, has declined the honour. Sir Joshua, I am confidently told, is to represent Liverpool as soon as his fingers and thumbs are all of one length.—l am, sir, yours obediently, ZETA. Brunswick-street, Ist day for partridge shooting. " If you beat me, I will call out the soldiers," says the PERILOUS SITUATION OF THE SOLWAY STEAMER. — The large steamer the Solway was on Wednesday last run ashore about three miles to the south-west of the Southerness, Galloway. There is a light-house on the point, but from the haziness of the sky, and the swelling of the waters, it was of no avail. She had sailed from Belfast on the prece ding evening, and had on board between 200 and 300 steer age passengers, composed chiefly of Irish reapers ; 20 cabin passengers, including Colonel Napier (brother of the Com modore) and his lady and daughter, and other individuals ; 301 head of cattle, 10 horses, besides pigs, bacon, and flour. On nearing the banks, the vessel struck upon a portion of the Barnhourie sand-bank. The first shock excited much alarm, and was followed by many others. In order to lighten the vessel, the whole of the cattle were thrown overboard, with the exception of those which happened to be in the hold. After much exertion the Solway was floated off the bank ; but her timbers had been in the meantime so strained, that the water had made its way in, and soon stood as high as the lower-deck beams, and before long extinguished the fires, which pr even t e d th e engines from being worked. The vessel would h ave sun k had the captain continued standing up the channel. The steerage passengers be came drenched with rain, which fell heavily for several hours, aceompanied by a high wind ; and, thinking they could not be the worse for a dip in the sea, they resolved to make for the shore in the best way they could. They were taken a certain distance in the boats, and then waded through the water. On reaching comparatively shoal water, the scramble landward was not a little laughable. Some, immersed to the chin, sank in the mud at every step ; but the taller men held up the shorter, and linked in parties of six, eight, or a dozen, they formed groups which, though objects of compassion to those on land, presented a very fantastic appearance. On landing, they made their way to Kirkbean, New Abbey, and thence to Dumfries. The cabin passengers remained longer on board, and were ultimately landed in safety with compara tive ease and comfort. Of the 304 head of cattle thrown overboard, only 47 were saved. The horses saved themselves by swimming. Mr. Jackson, of Belfast, had cattle on board to the value of £lOOO. The vessel had not been raised on Monday, although attempts had been made to float her. THE REV. HUGH WNEILE Dublin, August 30, 1841. r This talented apostolic, truly Christian, and uncompro mi,sing minister of our Scriptural and orthodox Church, preached a most important and instructive sermon on last sabbath, to the sons of our learned and persecuted clergy, now located in their " second home" in Lucan, a small town a few miles from the city of Dublin. We have reason to bless God, that, while he has permitted popish fiends to excite their worst, their popish malice on a Christian Ministry—that yet Christian principle and Christian philantrophy have founded this little Zion, where to nourish, and there to educate the offspring of those who are now enjoying a sabbath of rest in' the world of glory, that they may also proclaim the same truth, disturb the same darkness, and agitate, and so purify tnat atmosphere which is impregnated with those' errors, against which, their fathers declamed, and in many instances were made instrumental, either to correct, or to remove. What a sublime effect it had, to see this reverend gentleman ascend the pulpit: how grave, how collected, how composed his appearance—before him were seated in decorum, and with becoming gravity—a gravity far exceeded their youth, those dear children. whose destiny for weal or wo, who can contemplate ; they may be the savour of death unto death, or the savour of life unto life, either to themselves or to others. The preacher stood before them, and his manner was most peculiarly striking, calculated to produce awe and reevernce in both old and young, even without the utter ance of that eloquence—that heaven-inspired eloquence, which burns through his lips, and 'which, with zephyr appearance, plays thereon. We looked at him, we ad mired him. We said, there stands forth PRINCIPLE , it: all its honesty—in all its integrity—in its unbending sterness ; there it is, without the smallest, the most mi nute admixture of compromise—no looking to consequen ces—none of the slaver of conciliation—nothing of the smile to delude, to decoy, or to seduce, into the paths of wayward . nes, of hypocrisy, or of double dealing—none of your " double entendre." No ; his lips exhibited true principle—" their speech was comely." His sermon being for the benefit of the young, the orphan, and the unprotected. This text was taken, naturally and properly, from the 2 Timothy iii. 14, 15. " But continue thou in the things which thou bast learned, and hest been assured of; knowing of whom thou hast learned them ; and that from a child, thou hest known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus." He Chewed that the study of the New Testament was well calcu lated to direct the attention to the consideration of the Old Testament, scriptures; that the tendency of the whole was to lead to Him, who is the sum and substance, the very en cyclopaedia of revelation—the Lord Jesus Christ. In the course of his sermon, Mr. M'Neile exhibited the folly and the absolute nonsense of the Socinian, Arian, and Popish heresy, by proving not only the necessity of sacrifice for the remission of sin, but proving that ONE sacrifice was all sufficient—once for all, never to be repeated. The doc trine of sacrifice is a doctrine which his father-in-law, the late Archbishop of Dublin, fully established in his work on the atonement, to the overthrow of the conceited heresy of Socinianistn—a work in which we have all wheat, to the ex clusion of every lie—to the exclusion of all chaff and every Popish mixture. Oh hearing the sermon of Mr. M'Neile, we could not but appreciate his letter to a Mr. Massie, a person who, if we mistake not, was once upon a time a holder forth in a dissenting meeting-house in the city of Dublin, but who, for reasons which he can best explain, deserted that place, commencing business in a religious way elsewhere ; but failing, retired—not from business—but to manufacture a little in that great manufacturing town, Manchester ; there the better to become mischievous by notoriety—to summon kindred spirits to deliberate about what they knew nothing— corn and agriculture. Mr. M'Neile very properly repudiated all connexion with that mass of dissenting agitators ;—he repudiated the idea of the existence of Christian charity without Christian principle ;—he repudiated that infidel liberalism which implies that Revelation is useless, without having the honest boldness to affirm its primary importance. He, in fact, repudiated all connexion, all association with Socinian and Arian intruders,—and with Popish Priests—the whole of whom are Anti-christian in their design and in their doctrine,—all actuated by opposition to Jesus. THE LOVE OF COUNTRY " He that would view Melrose aright Must go and view it by the pale moonlight.", '-SC OTT. SCENE.—A Steamer from Dublin to Holyhead. Scotchman.—He that would see my country to advantage should approach it by the Clyde : it is a magnificent entrance to a romantic country. Romantic highlands, cloud-cutting, almost cloud-compelling, begin to restrain the estuary , while you bear right down upon the savage craig of Ailsa. Then succeeds the fortified Rock of Dumbarton, celebrated for one of the exploits of the hero Wallace, you look at it with due respect. But where are the Alpine mountains ?—fast retiring in the distance, softening, softening down, till the banks of the river take a new character, and beautiful villas and culti vated plains offer new beauties to the traveller's gaze. 'What river is comparable with the Clyde! It withdraws itself into sylvan solitudes, where the rushing waters form, over high rocks, the most beautiful object of inanimate nature. Irishman (with a smile).—Your enthusiasm is so high that you have forgotten you said not long since that no river in the world could equal the Forth. Scotchman.—Ha, ha, I believe I did. They are both beautiful ; and I think having gone up the Clyde the tra veller should go to Edinburgh, and then sail up the Forth to Stirling ; then visit Loch Katrine, back by Loch Lomond to where he set out from, which might then be justly called a tour, and one J think unequalled for the time employed. , . . Irishman.—Now allow me to say a few words for my country. The bay of Dublin has been celebrated. But he that would view it aright should go from Liverpool, and if possible pass between the Isle of Dalkey and the main land, —that isle which yearly crowns a king, but without treason, for he is only a king of good fellows.—The towering moun tains of Dublin, the picturesque sugar loaves of Wicklow, the rich cultivation and crowding spires and domes of a great city. Welshman.—Stay my friends. With the modesty of con scious superiority I have been listening silently to your ami cable contest, the only contest I hope that will ever exist among us natives of the three sister kingdoms. But now my time is come ; I have stood so as to prevent either of you seeing my native land an instant too soon. But now he that would see aright, let him first see Carnarvonshire, approach ing it by water! Look ! (Steps aside.) frishman.—Magnificent 1 - Scotchtnan.—But I do not give the in Frith of Clyde Wel simian. —That long 'range of varyinv blue outline is the highland of Carnarvonshire : towering above all you see the bare round shoulders of the majestic Snowdon like an English atlas, fit to support a world—there is no approach to England at all to be compared to this. The town of Carnar von is poor, but you should visit it to see the famous castle —the birth-place of the ill-fated Edward, the first prince of Wales. The road to Chester passes along the brow of Pen maen-mawr : you see the Conway far below dashing against its base. There Edward I. passed in his career of conquest, and directly above stood the last bard, thundering his curses upon the king,—" Ruin seize thee, ruthless king " ! Better if he had rolled down some of those huge stones that seem ready to descend on the traveller's head like an avalanche! Irishman. —We pass the famous Menai Bridge, I think, on the way to Chester. Welshman. —Yes. And I shall be proud that you may see that tenth wonder. As you view it from afar, it is like a festoon of some elegant drapery hung up among the trees, but I shall not attempt to describe it, for no words could do it justice, any more than the beauty of my country-women, with their neat round hats, such as ladies ride in, and their blooming healthy faces. You pass that singular old town Conway, which looks at a distance like an old castle in a cultivated park. No stray cottage outside the castillated wa►l (a triangle in shape, which encloses the small town) breaks the illusion, and until you drive through the gate, you are not aware of approaching human habitation. Irishman.—l believe we must admire reciprocally. Each country has its beauties, and each surpasses both the others in some points. Scotchman.—l believe, however, I can nearly match your famous bridge. In Lanarkshire, at the bottom of a deep ravine, runs a mountain stream, the Moose. The edge of this ravine are united by a beautiful bridge, the centre pillar of which is above 200 feet in height, the most picturesque thing at a distance 1 have ever seen. The stream itself is re markable for having sheltered Wallace in one of its caves, and also for being the scene of a most remarkable event, re lated by Cunningham in one of his beautiful tales. Irishrnan.—What was the story ? " _ Scotchtnan.—A scattered few of the persecuted cove nanters had assembled for worship in the deep dark glen, when in the midst, they were interrupted by the falling of a pebble from the bank above, the concerted warning that a band of their ferocious enemies were approaching. They had scarcely taken refuge iu the hidden cave, when the hunters of men appeared rushing up the glen, thirsting for their blood. But such was the providence of God, that at that moment a torrent burst from the hills, and they saw from their hiding places their appalled persecutors overcome by the death themselves had been preserved from, for escape was hopeless, the banks of the river were above them like walls of full 200 feet, and the rushing waters pent up in a few feet of width ; they perished to a man. Irishman.—lt was au awful event! _ - ... _ .. Welshman.—Awful indeed. And you have said a good deal in favour of your bridge : has our friend from Ireland no wonder of art to boast of. Irishman.—Scarcely a wonder of human hands, unless you admit of my going back to the " round towers of other days ;" but many of superhuman agency. His black majesty has been busy in all parts of my country ; and the famous Causeway of the county Antrim, in the midst of the most splendid scenery, may challenge comparison with any part of the world. But I see we approach the land, let us see what our friend has described, and then onward to the city, the darling of commerce (Liverpool of course), whose merchants arc princes of the earth, or would be, if they could think with less respect of the glittering Mammon they have amassed. SINGULAR.—Miss Clifton lost recently, while bathing, a diamond ring, worth 1,000 dollars, given to her by the 'Mar quis of Waterford. Next day a shark, a sort of a marine Bill Wiley, called upon her, and returned the ring for eight per cent. reward.—American paper. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S UMBRELLA.—A fancy fair was held last week at Cross-deep, between Twickenham and Teddington, by some of the ladies resident in that neigh bourhood. The Duke of Wellington having been present, had gone away, leaving his umbrella behind him, whereupon Lady P— immediately said, " Who will give 20 guineas for the duke's umbrella ?" In one moment a purchaser was found, and on his grace's return, the fact was communicated to him, when he good-naturedly remarked, " I'll soon sup ply you with umbrellas if you can sell them so much to the advantage of the charity." The ladies of Doncaster have presented Lord Morpeth with a splendid diamond ring. On Tuesday morning the family of Mr. Pearman, music printer, of No. 13, Castle-street East, Oxford-street, Lon don, was thrown into the greatest state of alarm by hearing a report of fire-arms, apparently proceeding from the lower part of the house. The servant and family of Mr. Pearmau were at the time up stairs, and on some of them running into the kitchen to ascertain the cause of the report, they disco vered the body of Mr. James Pearman, the son of Mr. Pear man, lying on the floor, the blood flowing from a frightful wound in his head, and a pistol lying by his side. Medical aid promptly attended, but shortly after he ceased to exist. The deceased, who is twenty-six years of age, was residing with his parents, and had been superintending his father's business in the workshop shortly before the melancholy oc currence. He was on the eve of marriage with a young lady of highly-respectable connections ; but it is stated that, in consequence of some slight quarrel with her a short time ago, he had become within the last few days exceedingly low and desponding. • At Paris, a young woman, passing over th e P ont d'Aus terlitz, instead of the sous she ought to have paid, deposited, with an air of absence of mind, her cambric pocket-hand. kerchief at the money-takers' seat and walked on. The invalid on guard walked after her with it, and mentioning her mistake, she took a sous from her pocket and received back her handkerchief. The man was about to return to his seat, but toeflecting that she might have some sinister inten tions, changed his mind, followed her, arid was just coming up to her, when she stopped, raised her hands and eyes to heaven, and sprang over the parapet into the river. He im mediately gave an alarm, and some men in a boat succeeded in bringing her to shore before life was extinct; but the shock she had received was so great that she died in ball so hour. Her body was taken to the Morgue, where it was r : cognised as that o f a young milliner, who bad been desert e d by her seducer. MISCELLANEOUS Ten smiths, and six smiths' apprentices were added to the establishment in the Plymouth Dock-yard last week. An awful instance of sudden death occurred on Saturday night, at the Pelham Arms Ihn, Lewes. The barmaid was engaged serving some customers, in apparently good health and spirits, when she suddenly made an exclamation, fell down, and expired before any assistance could be tendered. A Downy.—Purity of heart, is, of all others, the most elevated of virtues. A Greek maid, being asked what fortune she would bring her husband, answered, " I will bring him what is mere valuable than any treasure—a heart unspotted, and that virtue %about a stain, which was all that descended to me from my parents." - - - PRINCELY bONATION. — Mr. Stultz, the celebrated tailor, has contributed the munificient sum of £5560, together with a large plot of ground for the erection of a comfortable and permanent house of thirty-three pensioners, (with their wives,) of the institution, " for the relief of aged and de cayed journeymen tailors." The King of Prussia is stated to have had a splendid tent of cast-iron frame-work, which cost nearly 40,000 francs, made at Berlin, for the camp of Silesia, with a view to g in it a dinner and other entertainments to the officers WitLIANGTos MEnAL.—Mr. Pistrucci, chief medallist to the Queen, has just executed a very beautiful medal of the Duke of Wellington in gold, silver, and bronze. The front presents a highly-finished likeness of the hero of Wa terloo, surrounded by the words " Field Marshal, Arthur Duke of Wellington;" the reverse bears an heroic helmet, on which are represented the three military virtues—Pru dence, Force, and Charity. Be nea th are th e British lion and the Genius of Britain holding a trophy in his right hand, and seated on a seahorse. Round it are inscribed the words " Nova cantamus tropas." AGAVE GEMINIFLORA.—We understand that there is at present in full bloom in the conservatory at Wynnstay, a splendid specimen of this rare and beautiful variety of Ame rican aloe, the flower, stem or spike of which is nearly 20 feet high, 15 feet of which is covered with flower ; it has attained this height in the short space of six weeks, having first shown its flower stem on the 15th July. HARvEsT.—The wheat harvest in the Fylde has become general, and a considerable quantity would, ere this, have been reaped, if the weather had been ff.vourable. During the past week, the weather has been very unfavourable for the harvest, one day being fair, and another wet, and another sultry, and thereby causing great apprehension as to the soundness of the grain. The oats are coming on fast. — Lancaster Guardian. EXTRAORDINARY PIKE. —OR Monday last, as Mr. Cooper, of Spring-gardens, and Mr. Pollard, were fishing in the river, near Sandall, the former gentleman hooked an exceedingly fine jack-pike, a yard and four inches in length, fifteen inches round the middle, and weighing upwards of thirteen pounds.—Doncaster Chronicle. A very shocking occurence took place in Lisburn on Tues day evening last. A man named William Boomer, a black smith, and his son, a tine young lad about seventeen years of age, had some angry words in the forge, where I.oth worked, when in a moment of irritation the former seized a small bar of nailrod iron, and struck the boy so severely on the lower part of the chest, that the instrument passed obliquely in the direction of the lungs, and caused death in a few minutes. SUDDEN DEATII.—On Saturday last, E. J. Smythe, Esq., eldest son of Sir E. J. Smythe, Bart., of Acton Burnall Hall, in the county of Salop, expired in a manner awfully sudden. Whilst riding with the respected baronet and others after a buck in the park, he was suddenly seized with illness, fell back from his horse and expired before medical aid could be procured. We have received an unpleasant piece of intelligence from Brussels. Mr. Alanian, who (on a smaller scale) was to Mexico what Mr. Cockerill was to Belgium, has stopped payment; his failure is for 7,000,000 f. or 8,000,000 f. This event is calculated to paralyze the endeavours to establish manufactories in Mexico, of which he was the principal in strument. BRUSSELS, AUGUST 26.—A terrible storm of thunder and lightning, with hail and rain, passed over Ostend on the 23d inst. in the evening. The lightning struck the barracks of Hazegrass, and did some damage to the roof. It set fire to the mainsail of a ship entering the harbour, but did no other damage to it. It also set fire to a mill in the neighbourhood, which, however, was soon extinguished. EXPENDITURE OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD FOR 1840. — Bread £2,350; butter, bacon, cheese and eggs, £5,150; milk and cream, £1,500; butchers' meat, £10,000; poultry, £4,250; fish, £2,180; grocery, £5,000; oilery, £1,850; fruit and confectionery, £1,980 ; vegetables, £520 ; wine, £5,250 ; liquors, &c., £2,000 ; ale and beer, £3,000 ; wax candles, £2,150; tallow candles, £750; lamps, £4,950; fuel, £6,980; stationery, £870; turnery, £400; braziery, £950 ; china, glass, &c., £1,576 , linen, £2,504 ; washing of table and other linen, £3,2.50 ; plate, £355. Total annual expenditure of the royal household, £69,765. REPRIEVE.—The execution of Patrick Woods, who was convicted at the Armagh assizes of the barbarous murder of Mr. Powell, has been deferred by the Lord Lieutenant, until the point raised in the convict's favour by Mr. Napier shall have been duly argued and decided. A GOOD DAy's SPORT.—Mr. John M`Hardy, head fo rester to the Duke of Leeds, in Mar Forest, killed the fol lowing varieties of game in one day (Friday, the 20th ult.):-- A hart (royal), roe•deer, blue hare, ptarmigan, grouse, black cock, common hare, wild duck, snipe, teal. .ziberdeen paper. Two LIVES LOST.—RAMSGATE, AUG. 30.—Yesterday (Sunday) morning, about ten o'clock, a melancholy and fatal catastrophe happened in the Sandwich river, by the upsetting of a boat, whereby two young men unfortunately lost their lives—one named Samuel Smith, belonging to this place, (Ramsgate,) a baker ; and the other named Edward Thomas, of Oxney, Gloucestershire, an attorney. John Smith (bro ther to the deceased Samuel Smith) and Jeremiah Sandwell, were also in the boat when it was upset ; but they were for tunately picked up by several persons that came in boats to their assistance. The bodies of the deceased had not yet been found. EXTRAORDINARY ATTACHMENT BETWBEN few.days ago a lad, who was employed by a farmer at Peck ham to shoot birds in his corn-field, shot a wood-pigeon; on reaching the spot where the bird fell, he was surprised at finding another, hovering close to the wounded one ; he took up the dead bird and carried it in his hand some distance, closely attended by the other bird, sometimes following him and sometimes going before, and (to use the lad's own ex pression) " making quite a fuss about him." On reaching the fieldgate the lad stopped to re-load his gun, placing the dead bird on the gate post, when the other pigeon flew to the side of his lifeless companion, and, without the slightest at tempt to escape, quietly suffered itself to be secured by the boy. The bird was brought home, and put into a small room, where shortly after it was found dead. It is now stuffed, and in the possession of the writer.—Standard. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. —On Thursday last, a labourer at work in the cutting upon the Eastern Counties line of railway at Brentwood, was unfortunately killed. He WAS engaged, with several other men, in undermining a portion of earth, preparatory to a fall, and notice of its descent was given by the man stationed for that purpose, when all his companions got away, but the poor man in question stood looking as if paralysed and unable to move. The earth in consequence fell upon him, and literally dashed his brains out. Nearly a hundred of his companions stood by at the time unable to render him any assistance.—Esser Herald, JUNCTION OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS. — The great natural advantage of Guatemala is, the all but ready-made connection of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The great Lake of Nicaragua, having an average depth of 15 fathoms, is within 16 miles of the Pacific; the only known outlet of this inland sea is the river San Juan, navigable for 'craft drawing four feet water, to the Atlantic Ocean, in despite of rapids, and capable of being improved for the passage of ships. At present no commerce is carried on upon this remarkable line of navigation ; it might almost be said that nothing floats upon it. As soon, however, as a settled country and stable government can give security to commerce and capitalists, it is easy to see that this water line will be the scat of an extensive transit trade ; whether it will ever answer the full expectations of sanguine men, and supersede Cape Horn, is, as regards coarse and bulky com modities, very questionable. SHIP STRUCK BY LIGHTNING—FATAL ACCIDENT.—The following is an extract of a letter from Charleston, (South Carolina,) dated August 11 :—" The British ship Jane and Barbary, Captain Colman, lying here, was struck by light ning on the sth instant. The first mate, William Leakee, was killed, and the second mate and two of the crew severer : but not dangerously, injured. The fluid passed down the mizenmast, and through the cabin and deck, shattering the cabin, compasses, and every thing in the steward's room. The mate was sitting at the companion door when he was killed. lie was about 30 years of age, and his melancholy death was much lamented by Captain Colman and crew. This is the second vessel that has been struck by lightning at the same wharf within the last fortnight, the electric fluid being attracted, it is generally supposed, by the iron unloading here for the new railway." AFFLICTIVE VISITATION.—At the late meeting of the British Association at Plymouth, Dr. Fowler gave an account of a young woman now in Rotberhite workhouse, who has the threefold infirmity of being deaf, dumb, and blind. The unfortunate individual, who is about twenty years of age, was born deaf and dumb, and blinded by small-pox, when about three years old. She does not hear the loudest efforts of the voice, but starts on a poker hung by a string against her ear being struck against a grate. Touch is the only sense by which others can communicate with her, or which she em ploys ill examining objects and persons, and though she pos sesses both taste and smell, she never appears to have used them. Until within two or three years since her existence appeared to be merely animal, but then a marked difference took place in her habits, and she became as attentive to her dress and personal decorum as any other girl of her age. She feels her way without a guide to every part of the workhouse. recognises all its inmates by the feel of their hands, makes her bed, and sews not only plain work but even the more in tricate parts of dress. She is very tenacious of what she deems her own, and was much pleased with a shilling which was put into her hand, smiling, curtseying, and feeling it ea gerly for some time after. Wuseson, Sept. I.—An accident of an alarming nature took place to-day in the middle and lower ward of the Castle. A party had jest alighted from an open carriage, and the horses' heads turned towards the town, when they became restive, and kicked and plunged frightfully in the narrow part of the entrance by the Norman-gate ; at last setting off at fnll speed, the carriage came in contact with a projecting wall which divides the middle from the lower ward, and the poll, bar, and traces having broken, they were freed from the overturned carriage, and pursued their mad career down the hill towards King Henry the VIII. gateway, against which they dashed themselves, and were a t once brought to the ground. For a few seconds it was tho ug ht t h ey were b o th killed, so violent was the shock ; they are, however, not so much hurt as was expected, nor is the damage done to the carriage so great as the rapid pace, the continuous tnrningof the road, and the many obstructions liable to be met with in it, would lead us to conclude. Most fortunately the road was free from parties, and no further accident occurred. BANKRUPTCIES IN . PARlS.—During the last year there were 41,467 causes heard before the Tribunal of Commerce, Paris, to 31,750 of which there had been no appearance, 8,918 were decided on argument, 540 were adjourned for consent of parties, 175 were still pending, and the remainder were struck out of the list : 806 bankruptcies were declared during the same period. The investigation of those bank ruptcies required 3435 meetings of creditors, from which the following facts had been elicited :—That the greater part of those failures were caused by too great a competition amongst shopkeeperi, f or w hi c h reason th e p ro fits arising from othertr trade were so in s ig n ifi can t, th a t, after paying r expenses, there remained scarcely any fund for the The president re m a r ked, that the more co nsiderable failures were caused by over-trading and excessive d e sire for specurent c a r n e creditors. lation. - NOVEL MODE OF SWINDLING. —The police have received information that a well-dressed wan had recently succeeded, _ill,iletle cha in n a te s ll a s the in many instances, in committing tlie following frauds t—lii s usual method of proceeding to enter an hotel or tavern waiter guarantee late,at night, accompanied by a dashingly-dressed female, and then inquire for the b e ad waiter. that he has come Dana 'r a spree, but that, having forgotten If he lends him l Z 1 or £5 till the following his purse at home, being in want of cash, he has deter s,, says it is a family relic of considerable eteur'c. hibitsawatc I and chain, having the ap pearance possible care may be rgeoilludc'sts greatest gth,atthatthhee‘vill r mined on leaving his goldw .teh eward the lender of the i)ee.v eprearlheteia .d, ‘, waiters,‘e the motley for taking care of them. 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