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THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE tibtrpooi tatibarb. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1855 THE CHURCH AND 'HER FOES WE are fast approaching the time when Parliament will be again assembled for the despatch of business, and be called upon to decide for or against proposals involving the best interests of the Church and of the State : but though the enemies of the former are sufficiently active, we do not find that much is being done by those who ought, and profess, to have her welfare at heart. There are several indications which convince us that the Church will, in the ensuing ses sion, be subjected to assaults of a more vigorous and systematic character than any which she has yet endured since the disastrous period when regicides and schismatics were permitted, for a period, to pre vail against her. To mention but one : a club has lately been established in the metropolis, known as the Milton, for the very purpose of bringing together the leading members of the various nonconformist bodies, and to afford a basis for operations against the Church. Verily " the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light." Greater wisdom, skill, and perseverance, are mani fested by those, who have an evil end to accomplish, than by those, whose business it ought to be to defeat their machinations. On the one side we see unity of purpose, and combination of resources.; and upon the other mutual jealousy, and consequent disunion, sufficient to bring ruin upon the best cause. We are aware that very wide differences of opinion exist between different members of the Church, and these upon points closely connected with her faith and dis cipline. But what then ? are there no differences between Dissenters ? Does the Wesleyan agree with the Independent ? the Socinian with the Presbyterian ? or the Baptist with either of them ? Can any two Churchmen be found who differ so widely from each other as the Quakers do from all the other Protestant sects ? We trove not : and yet all these, agreeing in one point, viz., the desirableness of overthrowing the Church, have sufficient wisdom, notwithstanding their differences, to combine their powers to effect it. If ever they do effect it, we doubt not we shall see them, as in the days of the Commonwealth, turning those powers against each other, and amiably cutting the throats of those whom they are unable to convert ; and then, it may be, assisting to rebuild the demolished Church, as the only possible refuge from such a state of arnachy and confusion, But the combination against the Church is not confined to those dissenters who are commonly known as Protestants ; it includes also a body who differ from them even more than they differ from each other, we mean the Roman Catholics. Here, indeed, is an apparent inconsistency. The Pro testant Dissenter objects to the Church upon the ground, among others, that the Reformation did not go far enough, and that, consequently, she retains much, both in her doctrine and discipline, of a Popish character or tendency. Even Prelacy, however limited, is regarded by many as Popish ; and yet they will unite with avowed Papists, whose ultimate object must be to restore her to the Papal obedience. Again, the Papists, if consistent, cannot but regard the sects as sunk far deeper in heresy and schism than the Church, simply because the Church has retained much which they deem right, and which the sects have rejected ; and yet are they willing to unite with the sects against the Church. Here then, we say, is an apparent inconsistency, but one from which, we think, individual members of the Church would do well to take a lesson. Inconsistency there may be ; but, bearing in mind the object which they wish to accomplish, there is true wisdom. The fact is, that the Church is the great bnlwark against them, one and all. It has stemmed, and still stems, the 'progress of every ism": It hinders alike the progress of dissenterism, which, if successful, would eventually make every man his own God, and his own Bible, and overspread the land with anarchy ; and of Romanism, which would make the Pope our God, and the priest our Bible, reducing us to the position of mere animated machines; making a desert, and falsely calling it peace. Against each of these the Church protests, giving due weight to the principle of authority, and, at the same time, proclaiming every man's responsibility for the right use alike of the natural gift of reason and of the supernatural gift of revelation. And therefore it is that they seek her overthrow ; and, bearing in mind that this is their object, we repeat that they act wisely in combining their forces. What would follow if their object were accomplished, is another question; and they do well to entertain but one question at a time. Each, no doubt, would then seek the supremacy over the others ; and we have a shrewd suspicion that Romanism, more compact, better organised, and equally unscrupulous, would quickly obtain it. _ _ But why should the Church act less wisely? How ever great may be the differences that exist among her members, still they are one body. They are not, like her foes, members of rival sects. And, more than this, they all claim her to be upon their side, professing to believe that that view of the truth which they teach is the one which she proclaims, and would have her children receive. Now, God forbid that we should advocate indifferentism. We may deem a man ill informed, or ill-judging, and consequently erroneous in his teaching ; but we should be sorry to see him consenting, for any inducement, to withhold what he believes, or to pretend not to believe it ; because the ' former course would prove him to be, in fact, indif ferent about the truth, whilst the latter would prove him to be a false-hearted hypocrite. But nothing of this kind is really necessary. The Church is threat ened ; and the one thing which her members have to do is to unite in her defence. We take no account of the few who profess to believe her wrong. Their po sition is a false one, and will continue to be so as long as they remain within her pale ; but their numbers are comparatively small, and the very inconsistency of which they are guilty must deprive them of any weight which they might otherwise possess. But we do call upon all who, whatever their opinions may be, profess to believe that they are identical with those of the Church, to be up and doing, and to unite as one man in the Church's defence. Row far the enemies of the Church may proceed in the ensuing session, we do not pretend to know; but we take it for granted that they will renew the attack against Church-rates, and these we regard as an out work of all the other property which the Church possesses. The Upper House may, indeed, for a time interpose between the Church and the Commons, but cannot be expected to do so upon the same questions year after year, unless supported from without. Only let the members of the Church band together for the one purpose, of protecting her, and all will be well. But if, while her foes are active, her own sons continue lukewarm and disunited, no earthly power can save her. TROUBLES OF AN IMPERIAL LANDLADY. — The Empress of France, some time ago, purchased the Hotel Lauriston and its dependencies in the Champs Elysees for her mother the Coun tess de Montijo, and her sister the Duchess de Alba. On the ground belonging to the m hotel e are some buildings in which M. , Magnier, a brewer, and Geneste, of a diorama i representing the )ombardmennt it was carry on business. In the lease made to those persons, receiving stipulated . that they the l.) beauty s o li" .. i:noaths' notice; 1 a notice I should be obliged to leave on and, as their premises destroy shown no to di t s i p ie os p it give t n iac to no t t l e l l, 9 1o 1 ;: i to do to quit on the Ist of October was duly re n si ent of 1 they did not leave, and have since But so. Accordingly, an application was made the Civil Tribunal, sitting in Chambers, in the "H. M. Eugenie Marie de Guzman, Countess de T e t a ine of Empress of the French," to authorise the expulsion of Ma'.l,oineccr: and Geneste, and to order the demolition of the buildings Pre cupied by them. Those persons did not appear, and sident decided that, in the event of their not leaving within twenty-four hours, the Empress should be authorised to turn .ile.lllout by force, to remove their e ffects, and to demolish the buildings they occupy, all at their own expense. —Hominy Post. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. TICE past week has been a singular one ; and one fertile in topics which move both:to mirth and to melancholy ; the in tensity of the symptoms in either case being greatly depen dent on the idiosyncracy of the party to whom appeal must be made. A provoking rapacity for cash and a convulsive tighten ing of the purse-strings leading to an extraordinary elongation of countenance on the one band, contrasts with a singularly .. jocose project - for COmPleting a tunnel between the English and French coasts, beneath the straits of Dover. This gives jubi lant expression to a numerous class of individuals, who have, for a long time, been doomed to " waste their sweetness on the desert air," but who, under the name of "men of enterprise, " are ever ready to embark in any undertaking which, by the agency of " scrip," can be floated into the conflicting sea of commercial speculation. Grave and stately bankers, hurled from their place of pride and constrained to commence a new career, in competition with that race of public benefactors, who, in the classic language of BA.RRINGTON, or some other " ill-fated victim of handcuffs and chains" on the " shores of far distant Vandieman," sung of himself and his " co-mates in exile," as True patriots we—for be it understood, We left our country for our country's good. The blustering JovE of Printing-house-square, donning the borrowed habiliments of PA.LLAS, and enacting, for a time, the self-imposed character of a sage and a dictator, as was the wont of the populace of ancient Rome to side factions, and give out Conjectural marriages; making parties strong, And feebling such as stand not in its liking, Below its cobbled shoes. The ci-devant journalistic potentate of Jersey, rejoicing in the somewhat musty title of " Roman Republican," and,under his convenient marching appellative of Colonel PIA.NCIANI, claim ing to be a martyr to the Lynch-law of that land he and his confreres have abused,—whose protection they have outraged and forfeited. The blustering rhodoinontade of Sir CIitA.RLES NA.PIER, who repeats for the fiftieth time " the story of his wrongs," as he pours forth, in accents whose melifiuence might rival the music of the " north wind," his claims to the sym- pathy and suffrages of the Southwark Radicals. The "thou sand and one " cunningly-devised tales of modest worth, put forth by candidates for the " sweet voices " of popular consti tuencies, as they contrast their "own weak merits" with the flaming virtues of renegade Quakers, and, "heaven save the mark," " philosophical Radicals." Such, and a hundred other discordant concords have lent their charms and influence to stamp the past as a week of no common order. In the midst of a panic-stricken discouragement to even legitimate enterprise, to revive a scheme which seemed chimerical in the wild eddies of that speculative delu sion which ten years ago seized upon and made captive the British population, is, to say the least of it, a bold stroke of adaptive ingenuity. Yet such has been one of the notabilia of the last few days. The project which has been revived, as above alluded to, is one for executing a tunnel direct from Dover to Cape Griz-Nez, on the French coast. This line, the amazed public is kindly informed, is only 25 miles in length, and as the deepest water in the channel is only some 60 yards in depth, there are, of course, no engineering difficulties to contend with. True, the length, 25 miles, divided into two, gives some trifle of 12i miles on each side of the centre, from which the debris will require to be removed, a distance which is admitted to be a little inconvenient : but what will not genius grapple with, and overcome ? The engineer, M. L. FAVRE, who is, of course, one of the most distinguished French engineers, proposes to sink wells, and through the wells shafts, at convenient distances, throughout the Whole length of the line, by the aid of which the tunnel can be worked in sections of convenient extent. To one less familiar with engineering works, on paper, than M. L. FAVEE, the idea of sinking wells in the channel, and through their means ob taining access to and excavating galleries under the sea, may, indeed, seem extravagant ; but who, with the mechanical philosophy of LAPTITA. in his mind's eye, and the easy calcula tions of the French engineer before him, can do less than blush confession of the most verdant ignorance, as he casts a retro spective glance at his own unbelief in the ease and facility with which the whole affair may be -got over ? Tush I sceptic,— what know you of engineering difficulties ? Is not the bed of the channel formed, as M. L. FAVRE truly says, "of different strata of earth, and of peculiar beds of stone ?" And among these shall we not " meet a rock which will enable us to estab lish a tunnel of very great solidity ?" Of course we shall, and must; for, as M. L. FAVRE informs all who take the trouble of inquiring into his " mighty scheme," "the earth itself will form a natural vault of freestone." Nor are these the only na tural features which offer themselves in mitigation of engi neering difficulties. The bottom of the sea itself is as politely obedient to the requirements of the eminent engineer, as are the rocks and earthen strata under it. "The bottom of the sea descends," we are told, "by an easy declivity." Under all the circumstances of the case, the perplexity to common mor tals is to discover how the phrase, "engineering difficulties," could, through any perversion of language, be applied to a pro ject, which, to use HAMLET'S simile, is obviously "as easy as lying." If the physical obstacles to carrying out this notable project be nil, the pecuniary considerations are even less. But, as an engineer's report without calculations, as to ways and means, might seem imperfect'to the unthinking, M. L. FAVEE has taken care to get rid of the difficulty. He furnishes a tidily-arranged table of the anticipated cost of construction, which he sets down at 100,000,000 of francs, or, in English phrase, at somewhere about four millions of pounds sterling ; setting aside, out of this sum, 23,000,000 of francs for extraor dinary and unforeseen expenses. To the inquiring mind, nothing connected with this project is so surprising as the re markable ease with which it can be carried out, unless, indeed, we reflect upon the amazing cheapness of its construction. This will appear the more readily, if we go into a slight com parison between it and a comparatively very trifling work of a similar description, the Thames Tunnel. This, which is con siderably under one-third of a mile in length, cost the sum of £614,000, which is at the rate of £1,842,000 per mile. The FAVEE—why should it not be called the favourite ?—tunnel is to be twenty-five miles in length, and, at the same rate of cost as that beneath the Thames, would swallow up £44,050,000, whereas it is only to cost about a tithe of that sum. What an advantage, then, in securing the services of a distinguished French engineer. The projector is also considerate in another point of view : like the respectable dame in the nursery tale, who counted her chickens before they were hatched, he makes out by a tempting, because indisputable form of reasoning, the certainty of a large return for the outlay—here again having the advantage over the English work, which is under stood never to have yielded a sufficient return to pay for necessary repairs. Great and general interest has been excited among all classes of the community in relation to the circumstances, posi tion, and ultimate result of the proceedings instituted against the defaulting banking firm of PAUL, STRAITAN, and BATE,, Those parties have for a considerable time been in custody on a criminal charge of fraudulently disposing of securities deposited with them by their customers, and applying the proceeds to their own use. The unhappy men were arraigned before the Central Criminal Court on Friday, the judges being Mr. Justice WILLES, and Barons ALDERSON and MARTIN. The trial lasted the whole of Friday, and was resumed on Saturday morning. At the conclusion of the evidence, and the reply of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL for the prosecu tion. The case was carefully summed up by Baron ALDERSON, and the jury, after considerable deliberation, returned a verdict of " guilty" 'against all three ; and Baron ALDERSON, after a painfully-delivered address, sen tenced each of the prisoners to be transported for fourteen years. The sentence took every one by surprise. The prisoners had been indicted for a misdemeanour, and some how or other all the uninitiated, that is, all the unprofessional world, laboured under an impression that a misdemeanour was some trivial kind of offence, for which a light punishment only could be accorded, and the magnitude of the sentence being so much heavier than was generally expected, produced a singular effect upon the public mind. The surprise put every one on his metal in an endeavour- to realize the mean ing attached to the mysterious word " misdemeanour?' Happy the wight who, under this perplexing belief, could lay hands upon WARREN'S recent adaptation of Blackstone, for therein he found it recorded, that " To obtain, for instance, ten thousand pounds worth of goods or money, by the grossest false pretence, is declared (by statute) a misde meanour only ; to steal a farthing, a felony. Similar punishment, moreover, may be inflicted in both classes of offence." The difficulty of comprehending the difference between the two classes of offence is probably not much reduced by the declaration that both are the• creatures of statuary arrangement ; but a knowledge of the fact that both classes of crime are liable to the same or very nearly the same amount of punishment, is so far satisfactory ; and when it is explained that a person convicted of felony in addition to the punishment expressed in the sentence forfeits all his goods and chattels to the Crown, while one convicted of misdemeanour forfeits only his liberty or such other amount of sacrifice as is actually expressed in the sentence, the ex planation becomes sufficiently explicit to satisfy every-day enquiry. In accordance with this last explanation, it is plain that, supposing the prisoners whose case is now under con sideration, had been possessed of property. that would not have been forfeited. This has been a painful case from first to last, and it has occasioned a great deal of conflicting feeling among all ranks of society. All the culprits were men of education, and each of them, by his family connexions, his previously high moral and religious character, and his fair outward demeanour, was entitled to the world's esteem, so far as that can be ac corded to external appearances ; and in obedience to this con ventional mode of estimation they were each and collectively treated with the deference due to probity of an exalted order, and to that degree of _general esteem which is freely bestowed on men of deserved reputation. This feeling secured for them a large amount of sympathy when they were considered to have been overwhelmed by the advancing tide of pecuniary embarrassment ; nor was it entirely withdrawn from them even on the discovery of mal-practices which no amount of pecuniary difficulty could excuse or even palliate. On the contrary, it clung to them to the last, and it is a matter which hardly admits of doubt that _many well-meaning men would gladly have seen any technical difficulty or legal loop-hole by which escape could have been secured for them. Against this feeling, however, there still arose the stern condemnation of the virtuous and the good, which repudiates crime and abhors rascality in whatever guise it may appear, reprobating it ail the more severely for the false pretences by which its action had been cloaked, and its objects secured for so long a period. In the eyes of another class, the proceedings in regard to these culprits assume a yet different aspect. To the apprehension of those now referred to, every preceding indication of pro priety is an aggtavation of the alas ! too daring and altogether inexcusable offence. Rank, social position, the indicated par tiality of friends, and the conjectured sympathy of intelligent men ; nay, even the very forms with which national jealousy has hedged in the liberty and cherished the presumed inno cence of merely accused individuals, are looked on as so many cunningly-devised instruments by which justice is tampered with, and the law perverted, for the purpose of screening influ ential delinquents from the just consequences of their crimes. Each one of the classes referred to, and many whose peuliari ties of mental vision are not included in the instances glanced at, will see in the condemnation of Sir JOHN DEIN PAUL and his confederated partners that the influence of a good name and the possession of a high social position, although of ines timable value when associated with the concomitants by which alone they can obtain ready currency even among men of the world, become in reality useless and worse than useless when separated from that intrinsic virtue which alone can impart to them vitality and sustained existence. The fall of these par ties is to be regretted, much less on their account than because of the shock which through their means has been sustained by that superiority of mental and religious character of which they only feigned the possession. "The times are out of joint," is an exclamation familiar to the British public for nearly three centuries ; and if punning were not considered a literary delinquency, it might with great propriety be applied to the extraordibary and daily augmenting vagaries which the "leading journal of Europe," as it delights to designate itself, persists in indulging itself in. The extravagant impertinences which this termagant SOLON has of late indulged in, would, from their whimsicality, be highly amusing, were they not at the same time nearly as dangerous as they are delusive. For a long time past its favourite amusement has been the lecturing of statesmen, and the special castigation of ministers of whatever capacity or politics. More lately it has ranged over the blood-stained fields of war, and has alternately. scolded and coaxed—praised and vilified our officers and our army; and, without having a crutch to shoulder, has most pertinaciously " showed how fields are won." Again, betaking itself to the stormy deep, it has been oracular and patronising to our fleets :and com manders—has alternately praised their capacity and evolutions, and denounced their actions and endeavours. In all of these extravaganzas there has been manifested but one leading idea, and that idea has been the self-glorification of the Times. In form, its proceedings have been systematic and methodical. As a sort of general rule, it commences with a set laudation of some unseen influence ; from this it veers round into pompous reprobation, and then suddenly bursts out into a torrent of wrath, and at last settles down into a sort of quasi composure, by proving that its indignation has been stirred by some worthless and trivial affair, which it was beneath the dignity of man or demigod to interfere with. Every circum stance and every opinion—every public man and measure has been alternately vilified and applauded in the veracious columns of the Times. In this respect its ponderous and pompous lucubrations have been sources of amusement to many, who laughed at their assumption without in any degree acknowledging their power. Within a brief space, however, its pretentiousness has assumed a more alarming phase,dependent for its value wholly on the absence or presence of one little ingredient—that being the truth or falsehood of its statements. All the world is aware of the rancorous enmity it has for some time displayed towards General SIMPSON, and the frequent torrents of invective it has- poured out upon his conduct as Commander-in-chief of the British Army in the Crimea. Some time ago the fierce cataract of abuse was stayed. The wondering world is now informed in thus directionentered r e i s nt ul o ted be f t r w om eei a l that ka t o h f e barn c es s a i t n i o a n n odf sale scurrility arrangement, the Thunderer on the one hand and the squeezable British Government on the other, the price of that thrifty negotiation being the sacrifice of General SIMPSON. No words can put the discreditable case so strongly as the bold and straight forward assertion of The Times. In allusion to the profligate expenditure of its own theatrical thunder and pulverized rosin lightning, it goes on to say—"At the first outbreak of na tional feeling the Government was alarmed. We were asked to refrain from further comments on the untoward event, and were assured that General Simpson would at once yield to another the command he was clearly unfit to hold. If not recalled, he would be advised in a friendly manner to resign. He was an old and respected officer; and if not capable of the highest command, might yet be allowed to re tire quietly. After such an appeal, we had no wish to hold •up to odium any man who might be supposed to have done his best, however disastrous the result. We have, therefore, for more than a fortnight, abstained from any remarks on General SIMPSON'S- conduct ." The language here is unequivocal, and plain. The only question in relation to it which the public have any interest in is, is it true ? Did Government request the forbearance of The Times, and as the price of that for bearance agree to sacrifice its servant ? Did the valiant War Ministry of Lord PA.LMER MN. volunteer the degradation of its officer to propitiate the clamorous editor of an overbearing newspaper ? If it did, like other ill-starred heroes of flagi tious romance, it seems to have entered into a short-sighted bargain with the demon whose powerful aid it would secure. The over-scrupulous demon finds a flaw in the execution of the compact, and hurries off its victim to perdition. The Times, impatient at some real or imaginary breach of the en gagement, divulges so much of the bargain as must stamp with everlasting infamy the parties who could voluntarily sacrifice their personal honour, and, huxter-like, dispose of that which was not theirs—the reputation of their chosen and trusted servant. If ministers did consent to so nefarious a compromise between fear and duty, they entered. into the compact with one who was sure to ---- crave the law, The penalty and forfeit of the bond, Having thus indirectly, as the Times says, seoured the disgrace of General. SIMPSoN, it returns to the subject, and, gloating over its own success, says on Tuesday. last, " We confess it is with no little satisfaction that we learn, positively for the last time, that General SIMPSON has-ceased to com mand the army in the Crimea. A month has- elapsed since the details of General SIMPSON'S conduct reached this country. We had no difficulty in making, up , our minds." And again in the same essay, " We did not require a long time to make up our minds on the subject,_ and, once having made them up, we have seen no occasion for any change or vacillation." Violent and self-opinioned individuals do not generally take long to make up their minds, and flattered tyrants rarely see occasion to change them ; yet it does not thereforaollow that prompt decision is the only element of wisdom, or that obstinate adherence to a-rashly-formed judg ment is thorough proof of rectitude-of purpose. Be the recai of General. SIMPSON fixed or doubtful—be that event promoted, or retarded by the blustering of the Times, a question of vital interest to the nation has been broadly raised between it and the Government which cannot be suffered to rest in its present position. A journal which can coerce ministers and bargain for the disgrace of a Generalissimo is too powerful an organ to be trusted ; if successful in such projects it is impossible to foretel to what point its self-appointed functions may direct its course. We are all aware that besides being mighty in slaughtering of cattle, Guz of Warwick was also great in the making and unmaking of kings; if the typographic GUY of modern days be permitted to slaughter the reputations of brave soldiers and timid ministers of state, who will guarantee that his next endeavour may not be directed to the overthrow of a dynasty ? While this mean and dangerous strife has been waged in London against the reputation and success of the army in the East, the exertions of the fleet and troops, and the judgment of the much-vilified officers have been employed to good purpose in different portions of the seat of war. Through combined and multitudinous efforts, scattered over a widely. diversified space, they have been successfully engaged in' crippling the resources and destroying the prestige of the enemy. For many years the Western world has been domi nated and threatened by the pretended military superiority of Russia. The whole of Europe lent themselves as willing dupes to the presumed greatness, power, and illimitable resources of the Russian CZAR ; and the belief in his exhaust less command of money and of men, combined with the .I.astness of his territory, lent countenance to the oppressive illusion. One year of active hostilities has for ever dispelled the cheat. His efforts have in no instance been crowned with success. He has everywhere encountered defeat. While strongly posted behind the almost impregnable fortress of Sebastopol, the obdurate defence he was enabled to effect went far to establish the belief which supineness on the one hand, and bold assumption on the other, had tended to create, and the myriad hordes of Russia were presumedto be invincible. Driven from their fastness, and dispossessed of the means of annoyance afforded by its vast arsenals, defeat and embarrass ment have hung upon their footsteps, and encountered their proceedings on every hand. Russia herself has been shaken out of her vain delusion. She can nolonger impose upon even her ignorant serfs the belief that her " holy soil" is inviolable. It has been invaded and wrested from her in various quarters. In the Crimea there seems little reason to doubt that, before the severity of winter sets in, she will have lost every inch of her territory, and witnessed the destruction of that strong hold which it cost her so many years and so much treasure to construct as a means to forward her schemes of aggression upon the nations of Europe. Her army is there environed by difficulties, and opposed at numerous points by the valiant squadrons of a victorious foe, who is gradually drawing closer the meshes of that net which already almost enclose the dispirited soldiery of Russia. In Asia they have suffered severe reverses, and are threatened with still greater. All these, as they show a waning influence in Muscovite ascend ancy, indicate with nearly equal certainty the approaching termination of the present hostilities, and afford good reason for indulging the hope that ere long the humiliation of Russia will be sufficiently complete to guarantee the peace of Europe against interruption from her for many a long year to come. In this belief the public is once more becoming buoyant with peaceful hope. Other lights beside the lurid torch of war begin to illuminate our horizon. Literature and Art once more show their features irridescent with a brighter smile than that which erst mournfully wreathed their countenances while celebrating the heroic and victorious fall of deathless heroes. Joy will once more wait upon their footsteps, and strew flowers in the path of life ; but before this desirable end has been accomplished no small amount of sorrow must yet mingle its bitterness in the cup. Many an anxious heart will yet be wrung by woe, and many a rosy cheek be blanched with sorrow ere the fell demon of destruction evoked by heartless and ruthless ambition shall be fully rebuked and exorcised. Still there is room and ample room for hope that the worst has been reached and passed, and that henceforward the progress will be onward in the right direction. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, am somewhat surprised that the numerous interests connected with the Birkenhead Docks have not yet joined in an energetic remonstrance to the Dock Committee against the proposal of Mr. Hartley to run the Birkenhead Docks dry. He says the Liverpool Docks are run dry every two years. This may be all very well, for if one dock be closed another is open, and the trade of the port is uninterrupted ; but if the Birken head docks be closed, the trade may be diverted and perhaps not be restored. There is only one approach to the Great Float, through the Egerton and the Morpeth Docks. It may be advisable that they should be cleaned, but the necessity is not very urgent, and surely they might wait until the entrance be made to the Great Float, so that no injury accrue to the trade, which, however contemptible when compared with Liverpool, is of no little importance to Birkenhead. Messrs. Holme and Co., the timber brokers, have called attention to the subject in their letter presented to the Dock Committee on Thursday, and which I see by the report has been referred to the Harbour Masters' Committee ; but their application should be backed by the many other parties interested in the question, particularly the coal trade of North Wales and the Railway Companies. I join in the common feeling of admiration of Mr. Hartley's great abilities as an engineer, of which there are too many proofs to entertain any doubt. I have not a word to suggest against his proposals. All that is requested is that the carrying out of them should be deferred until, by the com pletion of the entrance from the Mersey to the Great Float, the smaller docks may be cleansed, and the necessary repairs effected without any injury or hindrance to the trade now being carried on.—l am, Sir, A CHESHIRE-MA.IC. MEMORIAL OF ARCHDEACON BROOKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Si Three weeks ago, the editor of the Liverpool Standard allowed me to give publicity to my notion that no memorial of our late Archdeacon would be more useful and appropriate than the establishment of girls' schools for that important part of the community which fills up the large space between the rich and the poor. It seemed to me better that the influ ence of that excellent man should work among us still in a living agency of good, than that he should stand silently in St. George's Hall, or elsewhere, in cold marble or dead bronze. But this question must be decided by his fellow-townsmen. My letter was intended only as a suggestion, to be taken for what it was worth. When I heard of the requisition to the Mayor, I felt that my business was to sign it, and wait patiently for the result. No practical steps whatever have been taken towards the establishment of the memorial at which I ventured to hint ; though I have received communi cations which show that such an institution would be welcomed by those whom it would be intended to benefit, and heartily promoted by men of influence and wealth. I request the favour of the insertion of this letter, that no one may be withheld from contributing largely to whatever memorial is approved by the majority, through any idea that a counter-movement - for a particular kind of memorial is- in, course of agitation.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. S. HOWSON.. October 24, 1855. LIFERPO , OL CHAMBER O,:F COMMERCE. THE requisition from a number of merchants and others-of Liverpcol, on the subject of the present state of the monetary system, was discussed by the Council of the Chamber on Mon day, and again on Tuesday, when the , resolutions which• follow were then agreed to. Mr. Harold Littledale, who, in the absence of Mr. Terr, represented the requisitionists, attended at the Board-room of the Chamber on Wedmsday, and, in handing over-the decision of the Council to-Mr.. Littledale, Mr. HEATH said.—The Council having left it to my dis cretion to communicate-to the requisitionists the conclusion to which they have come upon the memorial presented to them, I thought it the -most convenient, as well as the-most respectful, course to ask: you and as many of the requisition ists as chose to attend to meet me here, in order to aiford:me an opportunity of conveying them to you personally.. The memorial itself has met - with all that earnest attention. from the Council which its- importance deserved, and although -it has introduced a subject of painful interest, yet at the•same time it is a source of some gratification to us, as affording,..so marked a proof of the- utility of an association like the Chamber, as well as strong evidence that the labours-of the past seven years of its existence have been of a character calculated to inspire-confidence-in the Chamber in the-minds of the commercial community. The best proof I can gike you , of the earnest and anxious- attention which the subject - has received will be to state that our discussions have been pro longed over two days,-.--about three hours each. We thought it right to limit our -consideration as much as possible to the points raised in. the memorial itself, the language of which is of a very general: nature,—no doubt intended .to . be so. But our consideration of the subject was very much assisted by—and , it is only due to Mr. Torr to say that the requisitionists are-much obliged• to him for—the clear and explicit, and temperate manner in which he supported and. explained the views of the memorialists. I think, sir, ineed not say more, personally for- myself, but I will now proceed, to read to you the resolutions come to by the Council. Mr. HEATH then read as- follows : Chamber of. Commerce,. Liverpool, October 23,1855. At a special meeting of the Council to consider a requisition. on the subject of the present state of the monetary system, Edwnrd Heath,..Esq., president, in the chair, it was -resolved That although the.-Council see no reason for alarm in the present state of the commercial position and the - general resources of the country, yet they cannot coneeafrom them selves the fact that there- is a growing apprehensiOn in the. public mind'.of approaching difficulties. The Council, therefore,. think it necessary to communicate to the requisitionists the following eonelasions,.at,which they have arriitil : That should the demands of a large war expenditure on the one hand, and the food requirements of Western Europe on the other, cause a continuance of the drain upon the available banking capital, and. the stocks of bullion in. this country, the Bank of; England may (despite the exercise .of the only cor rective. principle apparently in its power :- namely, that of raising the rate of interest and restricting discounts) find its banking, reserve of notes exhausted, while the issue depart ment, as in 1847, still retains a large stocknf bullion. That the experience of 1847 clearly demonstrates that, in the event of suck an assumed contingency, the Bank of Eng land, under the provisions of the act of 1844, is powerless to afford any facilities to the commercial world, and. that (al though the originating causes may not be precisely parallel) the same calamitous crisis as that of 1847 may again be wit nessed. That as the public are now fully aware that the only possi ble mode of relief in such an asstuned state of affairs is the interposition of_ government to suspend the operation of the Bank. Act of 1844 ; the uncertainty as to the mode and the time of such interposition is calculated to create apprehension and to generate a want of confidence in the public mind. That the prevailing apprehension on the part of the public, arising from such a state of doubt and uncertainty, is in itself mainly conducive to cause and hasten the advent of the crisis which is so much dreaded. _ _ _ _ _ _ . That it may, therefore, become the duty of this Chamber to call upon government to anticipate and prevent any such break-down of public confidence, by declaring, at an early period, its readiness to assume the responsibility which is ex pected from it. That, in order to make any such declaration practically use ful, it is requisite that it should not be deferred (as in 1847) until, by the total lass of confidence, unnecessary suffering and injury shall have been experienced. That a standing committee be now appointed, to watch the progress of events, and to intimate to the Council their opi nion when immediate action on the part of . this Chamber is desirable. Extracted from the proceedings, ROBERT TRONSON, Secretary. Mr. HEATH added, that the standing committee, referred to in the resolutions, had been appointed, and that it would meet at such frequent intervals as the aspect of affairs might require. Mr. LITTLEDA.LE, having received the resolutions, the pro ceedings closed. MISS HIND, the victim of the assassins in Cavan, expired on Tuesday night. Mr. Henry Grattan, a landlorit of Miss Hind's, has issued a notice to his tenants residing in the neighbourhood of the place where the murder was committed, to the following effect :—" Whereas, I have long since forgiven the tenants of those and other land rents due by them, amounting to £l,OOO, I hereby give them notice that I shall call for the arrears due these two years, to November next ; and I shall insist on getting either the rent or the land ; and as those people misunderstand the doctrines of the Tenant League, I hereby call on the members of that body to use their influence and assist in enforcing the rights of property and the laws of the land that, in my instance, and that of this unfor tunate lady, have been, in the most unjust and illegal manner, wilfully, wickedly, and barbarously perverted and outraged." He had also offered a reward of £lOO for the capture of the murderers. LIVERPOOL DOCK COMMITTEE. THE weekly meeting was held on Thursday, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The special cr.,.:.lmittee had recommended an increase in the dock rates which might 1:e equal to the increased expenditurg:involved by the high' rate of interest, the probability of a piOlonged war, and the lessened amount of dues, resulting from a diminution in the admeasurement of ships. 'A sum of £40,000 had been ordered to be paid to the Earl-of. Derby on account. of the purcliase efdandat 'the north end, under the provisions of the Liverpool Dock Act, 1855. In the marine department a letter was read from Lieut. Lord, offering to continue,in his situation, as marine surveyor, for six months, in order to save the committee inconvenience, provided he were not responsible for the duty afloat, which his medical adviser considered might cost his life. ; r A letter was read from the Mayor, eipreising his thank; to the dock committee for the arrangements made on the occa sion of the visit of the Duke of Cambridge, and adding that his royal highness felt the greatest satisfaction and pleasure in what he had seen of the docks and the river. A letter was read from Messrs. Hohne, Slater, and Crook, requesting to know how long the Morpeth Dock was to remain dry, as they expected a cargo of mahogany in about a month, which, if the dock were to remain dry at that time, they should recommend their correspondents not to send to the Mersey. The letter was referred to the harbour master's committee. A letter from Messrs. De Wolf, requesting to be allowed to renew their lease, of portion of the premises they at present occupy in the Birkenhead warehouses, was referred to the warehouse committee. BIRKENHEAD DOCK. The following report from Mr. J. Hartley, on the subject of the new works at the Birkenhead docks, was read : TO THE CHAIRMAN OP THE WORKS COMMITTEE Sin,—ln accordance with the resolution of your committee of the 16th instant, `that the surveyor be instructed to pre pare a plan and report embracing the suggestions made at the last meeting of the committee, when Messrs. Charles Mclver, Hamilton, and - John Laird attended, to afford information as to the probable requirements of large class steamers, as regards dimensions, length, breadth, draught of water,- &c.' I now beg to lay before you a plan carrying out the sug gestions made by those gentlemen, so far as they related to the construction of the proposed entrances to the great float or pool. . The principle of the design does not differ from that of plan No. 1, already submitted by me. The alteration consists merely of the increase of the width of the large lock from 80 to 100 feet, and in the recommendation that its sill should be laid at the depth of 12 feet instead of 10 feet below the level of the old dock sill. It was also stated to be desirable that the sill of the small lock should be laid deeper. I think if this latter sill is laid at the depth of 8 feet below the datum in place - of 5 feet, as proposed, it will be as deep as can be necessary for the class of craft for which - it is designed. At average spring tides - vessels drawing under 6 feet of water would be able to pass over the sill after the first two hours flood tide, and at neap tides vessels of that draught might pass in and out during the whole period of low water. The practice with regard to craft bound upwards-towards Run corn, in tow of steamers, is to despatch them about three hours before high water, which enables them to- arrive at the shallow parts of the upper channel as soon as they have water over them ; should they start earlier they would have - to wait there. I may mention that the outer sill of the Duke's Dock is four feet below the old dock sill-, and I am informed by Mr. Pendlebury, the - manager there, that two feet additional depth is all that •he should under any circumstances , require for the purposes of his trade. lam therefore led to believe that the depth of 8 feet, as now proposed, would be ample. As regards coasting vessels- being able to g et into dock after two hours flood or spring tides, and at allperiods during. neaps, would be an advantage which has not been hitherto afforded them, and would- enable them to be got in and out prior to the time when the - larger class of shipping would be passing; and it must be- borne in mind, that at any time when greater depths or earlier access might be required, or on occasions of large arrivals,- these vessels might be passed through the 50-feet lock, as at that time it would be un-- occupied by the larger class of shipping. " With respget to the suggestions of altering the width of the large lock to 100 feet, and adding two feet to its proposed depth, see no physical difficulty in carrying it into effect. The hindrance to - laying the sills- of wide entrances at the depth proposed arises not only,- as I before stated, from the trouble of keeping the platforms- of the gates clear of sand, which increases with the area of the platform, but there is also the danger of not being able to maintain a proportionate depth in the outer - basin. In proposing to lay the flooring of the outer basin 1 7 7 feet below the old dock sill, I have had this danger in view, and have allowed a considerable margin of depth below that at which I proposed - to lay the large sill, so that in case the sluicing power proposed to be adopted should all l t e eff ve e n c t t s ua a ll s y nimiteainhtawiantetrh,eafnuldlevdeapitiyh,:ihreear should sltmanueledsb, there at as upon the sills. So far as regards the approach to the 50-feet entrance, I see no impediment to its maintenance which may not be overcome, as the channel thereto will be along the south wall, and within the efficient action of the sluices ; the obstruction, if it exists, will be in the centre of and near the entrance of the lain, at the greatest distance from the power of the sluicing water. This may also be removed, and the depth maintained by dredging or other means-; but it must be expected that if we lay the sills at these increased depths, our memaiblanrerraassumgmenetnstedin,manaciintthaiantinhfntraaireeefficiency will s will arise be anticipated and borne with. " I am, sir, yours very respectfully,. t be hat in m l u ik s e t pR:J3Bi HARTLEY. "Dockyard, 19th Cotober, 1855." Some desultory conversation followed, in the course of which the Chairman intimated that he wished , to state it was the opinion of Mr. Gage that the Float should be• left in a state of nature, and that docks should be made upon. each side of it. THE BOUNDARIES OF LIVERPOOL. THE Sub-committee appointed by the Health Committee to inquire into and report upon the subject of extending the boundaries of the boroug within the county of Lancaster. present the following MEPORT Your Sub-committee, having had an interview- with the Birkenhead Docks Committee, to whom it was referred.to con sider the question of extending the borough, . proceeded to inspect and examine the district surrounding_.the• present boundaries on the Lancashire side, for the purpose -of ascer taining whether and what alteration is desirable.- It appears that those boundaries have been. fieed.without any regard to the natural features of the country ) occasionally running through parts of fields and houses, and in. several instances being still undefined. Some change is therefore in dispensable, and your Sub-aousmittee are of opiniomthat no alteration can be effectual and satisfactory which is not based upon the physical peculiarities-of the land. Themost complete and• comprehensive plan for-sanitary purposes would be to carry the extension by a straight:. line across the country by the valley of the Alt on one side,.and Ditton Brook- on the other. But this would include a very large area of land which is purely agricultural, and must long:.eontinue so. Your committee therefore consider it would he expedient to entertain such a project,. and they have accovdingly confined their attention to the localities adjoining the boundaries, where the- land is assuming the transition character, and is becoming, occupied by the wealthier class of persons connected with the borough. Your committee are of op:iiion that the line of extension most beneficial to all parties, and best suited by nature for sanitary operations, is that formed by taking the course of the public-roads immediately beyond the stream- which. are the natural outfalls for the district surrounding, the- borough. These are—to the southward, .the brook &wing. between Mosley-hill and the Allerton-road, and joining the Mersey to _the west of Bettock's-lane, into which the drainage of the country from Knotty Ash by the Old Swan, Broad Green-lane, Mosspit House, and the Allerton-road, carkl3a.conveare4; and to -the northward, the brook: flowing between Walton-hill and °i o n : e t n l e t f , o a t r all ß the tt ck e , o s a t n r y e lying between it and the present Parliamentary boundary, from the Preseot-road to the. new gaol at Walton. The new boundary rrwhich liis the sho naturaluld,ther drainage outlet ne a nd proceed, as shown by the colour red on.the map herewith, along the nearest roads beyond the brook . t o th e summ it a t Knotty Ash, and thence by Club Moor to Rimrose Brook. Your committee do not deem it necessary to enter into details respecting the principle of rating and. other questions of this kind, as it appears to. them arrangements of a satisfac tory description can be made.on such subjects without difficulty. But they think it proper. to offer for the consideration of the Health Committee the ftllowinggenerat observations in refer ence to the scheme. At present the localities comprised within the proposed extension_have no proper- drainage; the brooks are contaminated, andbecome a great nuisance to the inhabit ants, to whom efficient. sewerage would be invaluable. The injurious consequences arising from this state of things are not confined to the neighbourhood, but, threugh the medium of the air, affect the town, and constitute a source of disease. The roads in the district proposed. to be added are mostly narrow and tortuous, and owing to-the absente of an efficient controlling power, houses are erected on both sides thereof; without regard to the line, width, and level of the road, or the drainage of the premises ; , and unless some remedy is soon applied, the land will .be so much, occupied as to render im-. provement almost impossible. By adopting the enlarged boundary,facilities will be afforded for carrying out the suggestion which has been revived in the Council, of providing a great public walk and drive, in. the nature of a boulevard, which. would extend, without interrup tion to ordinary traffic, from, Bootle on one side, by Priory-lane, I Breck-lane,, below Newshain House, through the Yellow House Estate and Green Bank-lane, to the Mersey, on the southern I side. A great expense at present falls upon the ratepavers of the borough in maintaining roads which are principally used by persons living beyond the existing limits, but within the taro posed extension, who now contribute nothing to. the rates. With reference to the extension northwards, the Health Committee are aware that the dock property extends close to the proposed boundary at Rimrose. In that neighbourhood the levels of the land are exceedingly favourable for the erec tion of warehouses, &c.; and when the docks are completed - in this direction the traffic which will arise will tend to destroy the roads, and greatly augment the rates of the town, whilst .unless this district is embraced within the borough, the pro perty will be wholly exempted from such expense. Under these circumstances, your sub-committee recommend that the requisite proceeding should be taken by the Town clerk, to enable the Council to apply to Parliament in the en suing session for power to effect such extension, and carry out the foregoing suggestions, in case, upon further consideration, it shall be deemed advisable to proceed forthwith. AT the meeting of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association, held at Birmingham, on Monday, a very able paper, on " Defects in the Law of Debtor and Creditor, prac tically considered in order to their legislative amendment," was read by Mr. Lowndes, of Liverpool. Among other mat ters, Mr. Lowndes referred to the Bankrupt Act of 1849, as the master grievance of the law of debtor and creditor. He trusted that the meeting would not separate without agreeing upon a memorial to the Lord Chancellor, praying his lordship to have the Bankrupt Act of 1849 submitted to the three gen tlemen whom- his lordship had appointed to revise and conso lidate the statutes on the important branches of the law, as being one requiring revision more urgently than any other, with instructions to prepare a new bill, in which matters should be expressed in•plain and intelligible, and not in inco herent and contradictory terms, like many portions of the Act of 1849, and particularly the clauses as to arrangement by deed. The suggestion met with general approval, and on the following day the draft of a memorial was submitted ar.d agreed to. [OCTOBER 30, i ECCLESIASTICAL lA-TEI:110 PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMESTS. Rev. T. Bennett, M.A., Rector of Withingtom to the Incumbency of All Saints' ~nurch, Pancras. Rev. F. A. Bickrnore, 8.A., to the united 1, and Vicarage of Didlington, with the Rectoryof Norfok. Rev. l R. /44. Browne, 8.A., to the Curacy of All Norwood. Rev. R. W. Burton, M.A., to the Rectory of Manchester._ , . . Rev: R. G. ftryan; M.A:, to the Curacy of Sh. Rev. George B. Coffin, to the Vicarage of Chis , bury. Rev. C. W. Cox, 8.A,, to the Chap lainc y of Colchester. Rev. J. Daniell, 8.A., to the Vicarage of SaWstol bridge. Rev. D. T. Gladstone, M.A., to the Curacy of Leeds. Rev. W. Greenwell, 8.A., to the Curacy of IN. Rev. J. HairbY, M.A., to the Curacy -, of Wethera, Rev. I. D. Jenkins, Senior Curate of Aberdare, to bency of St. Fa g an s, in the same parish. Rev. G. Johnston,3.D., to the Incumbency of dalen, Barnstaple. o f Rev. J. W. Hayward, M.A., to the Rectory Buckinghamshire. be Rev. G. Hazlewood, Vicar of Monkstown, to in the diocese of Cork, Cloyr.e, and Ross. • Rev. J. Lurton, M.A. to the Rectory of Boni the ß N er ica G r . ag j e . Rev. J. MacCartie, 8.A., to the Incumbency berland. Rev. T. M. Raven, to the Stipendiary Curacy near Beverley. Ha ß s e t v in . g T .. . Nightingale, 8.A., to the Rectory of Rev. E. F. Ventris, M.A., to the Curacy of . f o , C h R a e p v e . l ryll, F. Welch, Rev. M. Walcott, M.A to the Curacy of All bridge. ~ M.A., near Lichfield. Thomas, of No rth o lt A. u , i C ci duireasteex .of St . .M 1 fastry 5, Rev. R. P. Warren, 8.A., to the .1 1 Church of the Holy ASCeRbiOll, Hyde, I lea' Hampshire. Incum bency Rev. R. Wanstell, to the Incamibec:crnyoft .Cl F a Essex. M.A., to the Incur', CLERICAL 081 A DO - Oct. 17, at the Rectory, MelburY 050" John Jenkins Matthews. Oct Is, at Utterby House, near Lout Henry Bristowe Benson, M.A" one of the Peace for the parts of Lindse • any of the Louth Board of Guardians. ,A 34, Rector of Houghton-on-the-Hit, Oct. 23, the Rev. James Sherrard 0 :of til t DIOCESE OF CITE 'd woe IV ) scho°' BIDSTON.—The Bishop has grant gro fil formance of Divine Service in the Bidston, while the church is re-building' gef. , _The I,iceT, ARCHDEACONRY OF LIVERPOOLr o gar , 41 17' Incumbent of Christ Church, Waterloa,,reucles, Rural Dean, is appointed to the vacant " t . s lice rl d flied °wil e d TRANMERE.—The Bishop has gr 3- ", e temporary performance of Divine Serv''" , e sss-. recently erected at Tranmere, the nc' consecration being not yet completed. oefisitivo PREFERMENT.—The Rev. F. 1 . ..,-Zy licensed to the Stipendiary Curacy 01 Chester, upon the nomination of the Or' c ls l° of i ; bown, Rector of the same church. ORDINATION.—The Bishop of Chesb e- n d St„.4 l j . next Ordination, at Chester, on the ti l . j - eirr,,is.r The candidates are requested' to send x` . tora toCharles T. W. Parry, Esq.. Chest er, l " s or b 10 1 ' • 0 1 six weeks before the Ordination. II& Yip'p TESTIXONIAL TO THE BEV. HEN; l be w,4o:-!#, - Leicesters containing 1;200, with a piece of plateXcon, r' r iverr scription, have been presented by tn' frrd'ar - James's Church, Toxteth-park, and of I s l° It st ! Henry Hampton, the late incumbent, ifotW jet li4 THE BISHOP OF LONDON has paralysis since Monday last.' His P"'l~nrbset Palace. CHEILCH-DUILDING IN LANCI.:SHIS S 'I3 II ' three churches were built from 1801 te' at 1 - SOl the ;number of churches has b e t-i 5 7 ' f so': the number in 1801 being 218, and in 1° CO f o r t' tot PROROGA.TION OF THE COI , fo e • On Wednesday the Vicar-G , vince, and other officials, att( for the purpose of further prof terbur3- to the 12th of Deceml will net take place until aftet AN•UNITSUAL OCCURREN , themselves to be baptized at road, last Sunday evening. by the Rev. James Bardsley, the deep attention and solem. Manchester Courier. ST. ALB_ N'S CHUBC thieves on Thursday nigh off. • RonirnarEs..—During door-plates have been std; number of children have On Wednesday, between s garrotted by three men on three pounds in silver.-0 , man was robbed of £2O ir. Scotland-road. — On. the Andrews, 21, Scotland-pla yard wall, and through silver-plated forks, two G table-spoons, were carried EMIGRATION PROM ii.... for the present month will exhibit 3 ;0 1 Of' 13 ,,,,i 5 5 ' ' por i , compared with the corresponding Pe r :, left I .,,' — n r . toay . ; the present only 0,753 persons 1 13 "„ th. 0 1 ', l l l ite' A ' foreign ports, against 14,371 in the 13 , ° '; the ".„leri. , Of that number, 5;273, have proceedeo ,3 be f o lel t h r and the remaining. 1,400 to Australia , i ll i t b o erue,' , i sf t le; The Schomberg, October :sth, for l‘le' vtb, '',.; )15 sengers ; the Plicenix,. which cleared th e ,,„„s, -fi",hero t r i euac ia b la e i d o e i_ ,. ' e u ill .b r o a ti' do l f r i sailed, with 284. passengers ; the Sti"; g ris ;.` for which sailed on the 20th, with 220 P 333e i e . partn r l e l j tr ce Lucy, government ship ; . which took her ' a; • 3 4 5 p on the 17th, with 379. emigrants on he',. r h .1511 which sailed yesterday, for Melbourne, 0 ' :1 4.1iti e l'i e l CAPTURE. OP -BunGLs.ns.—On Thorscl4l, JetY , _ ofi:d sergeant Richmond, of Aigburth, was on . 0 •11 0 ., followed five - auspicious-looking claaracteriatse!ti,/ Liverpool. Two of - them went dew" 3 1 r - t hr ee , u ji ,,,, carriage-drive, towards the house : tbe the P ij , a along Aigburth-road and round throug l ,!_t l iod t ,i ) ii to join their comrades, who were then o''' o a 14 4. Mr. Gregson. The• officer got assistauce, ~..hertkei fields, and three ao nndd b e tt f : e s e nt : g,oo h t e in y t eh w nr e e i evv . .e ho a offi b l be e ear t ds o rea c 11 tb e c , ° , t be C no doubt, that , the otfieers were their ou gi ly , attempt to ge , fr , :out of the. way, and were loft The five mini Win. Armstrong, Thomas C , t l ,frri i ) 1? Wm. Swain ~.Ind Thomas Cartwright, iver. 0 , t , i i .„4 4 (t , before Mr. R.:Tlieakstone, and the fir 3 ' 6 , l to r 0? proved to be audacious robbers, were order' d ( 0)' f c" months. The others were remanded. 1-1-0 , so THE Rrim. H. COOKE V. THE REV. DR. •-•.--%, 0 , , 0 44 Liverpool County Court, last week, andaet,..l°'ole#,,t, nature was-tried before Mr. Joseph Pt";," o f 'i44 plaintiff in the case was the Rev. H. C-._,,,Vt e il i e.i f) i,,Y . ei; who was formerly connected with St. fft 2 ''fb PP. v l i i i this town.: and the defendant was the Rev* bii re) t y," D.D., the incumbent and proprietor of the'°.d h' p, was brought to recover £l7, the amount . „ : 3 r 5i .,;01 0 4!t, / into the County Court upon a judgment tn,14 0 ,11; for printing, advertisements, &c., for the Si' jet`„,;Cri and Schools,. Mr. Grocott appeared fer,theer.tstfi plaintiff conducted. his own case. His 113 ,; 0 11 ,Ath i j i', I. although-the discretion exercised by the , P s ' o ,P aa . ,r t o ',/,' anti-popery placards) was not one which he . j jalcy v d iri it must have been delegated to him by 1) 1';, witY,V Cooke was thereforeentitled to reeay.er ''' o - ti O3 'fir sl , ' ,/ the bin;..but not the costs of the former 3 ;0 th e gs.' ,fr the money ought to have been paid by lam - S.l; 3 ' IC oi There must be a verdict for the plaintiff fa .. r ., (si ( 1o; HOZSEBREAKING IN TOXTETTE-, l ' o 2; l 3 . at le ',Vr morning, two attempts at ro bbery we r 'p r , r o tf i o el °11 ?1 , the premises of Miss Hughes, confectien,„` vs 0 1 / 4 robbers-entered the back part of the- Pr e : l - flat: 3 J et: o 4 iron grid which covers the cellar area; 3Psk i rO' jki 1,1 o pfsue f ahlre: l' l, : ri l ntd r or N t i h e e ho ho ls i o l i s i e , by the window. It appears they were 1 0 .0 1 , pr. inmates -descending the stairs, and.'dcolo,ferett tpr a o s eg im oo i gr l tid a es: :: ssendtdrobe an hie n v e e r r , y b a y v f a o il r a c b il l i e g t t hi he n . g. ir . on:,: r . ' 7 ,3o l:: o o l ; : st i. ! 1 to -have made extensive preparations. " At t i e . 1 :0 0° ,v 1 e 3 1 ,80 11 ,i hosier,w ere thrown & c ', Pa a r p k e - i: : g : l ,',." ' fd : ic, e :7' ,4 l :;;: . f le o gr r s e delr l fa e , left ga b nh y tti thir.e throughf 3 u ron eh t clt:1 the c.,, r ia, „i l t , j3 : :ee,fij i r . , : .:: : :;e f: et .; ;: : `,:; : that the front door had been ; left oPe o li , ; t e rieirile et„; stairs constructed that she came iirseq l 'i e'''lit',„ i ' t'd being. heard. One of them. must hat e ile '' ; . 1 .,e1;- l stt'i, she got to the bottom, he =taw'. the ,t t' ', as SOOl 3 iil to a 4 , rushed past her, when she threw a 6 10 1 4 0 1111 „c,1 Ir) in her hand at him, and followed , ~..e s et ~"1 . - ell 3 ; r iec` 4 officer was some distance off, in the '";estl'" o'. - ,v; and he ran after the fellow. A hot i r' o jos e f tyc o , reached " Willy-loo," as it is ternle' , n ets °i f, f e le, when the robber escaped. 1 sic ~..4 A' o f 9, CORPORA.TION ACCOENTS.—The cli l , I°l. o 'ele dr ,, ,i; poration for the year ending Angos t , t i l e 1 , 13 4 th, e, :0,116. lished. The ordinary account sho t " f Wh w 01'' e I'V to have been £176;807. 3s. 6d. out ° wit s tool I t re otd• comelor extraordinary payment 3 13° , 4 . we s ,,bor 3 gfor / 4 On the income, side of the aCe° 3l ,,pti 3tl- 611.' De :0 / items :—Net receipt for town-dues 0 - 7 i. SS• frei s t, 1' P. pool and Runcorn amount to g 11( .. 1 '3, 4s• ; 01 4 0 . 0 g e i leases, &c., the receipts are £`2,B;f:° w ere .., 01,49. , deducting all expenses, the rece;l33e„t fre w ptell il weighing-machine, T ewn .elera , eet isils, '" b111,"' 1 : - 5 0 :1! ground rents, £533. 13s. 3d. ; I;rehoose,l9lcl4. q £9,262. 19s. 2d.; rent of tobacco s‘ s ,,.. old' ; 0 ,/ . 1,0 54 ,1 from the river craft dock, £1 4 99 ' /: ping ,nota . r j Newsham-house esta£B,ll,e3ll34t's.V2;;lVPl3s.;. :1°64.i/iic.ll:;..' £177. 9s. 2d. • Green-lane esta t i Wod, ''' T ,ir) . ,,, l • head estate, £1,629. 10s. 71d• ; P a. : 501,. 0 11, ',re i , trates' clerks, £2,655, s , 11 lin 31`:`,..,,, , „ c a , 1)1 £4,272. 7s. Bd. ; fine from Yr. ; / ,‘Sf a ary e., 5 3 1 ;1 0(1 5 ,.',0, office as councillor, 1:50. The ° 02 9,07. ' 0, 000; o f C. 4 ! the following items :—lnterest, .....,.., 01 ., .. , , ,e0, 0 4 ,,, , ,,. 1. : !: : £912. 13s. 5d.; grants to the andm." rar1iar.„1.:43,001,1 1 ‘‘ „, e n , - 1 3, . { stipends, s £4,230. ss. 44.; ia,:.'„' d e partt". o e6l. o rceg f £14,262. 3s. lld ; municipal and Parliamentary eA; 1 constabo 0. atioii, mulating fund, £5,213. Bs. 11... e, ,1,01 4 . ro sec 3 ,, s Ili 9s. Old. ; lighting and fire- Pt 55.; . I & r oee'. Viol meat of the Borough Gaol,,, t 'g s . ad.; . 9 ,., la . ; i"1 . 1 , assizes and sessions, g 4 ° .) ' es. g 5 ,04 705. er,i, i 0 "on £1,431. 7s. Sd. ; county exPor io ' se , -13. ''''s, Ow il lr i i £1,485. 9s. 11d.; Rock Ligl e it cu,.,...„.„%pens , D e t,,,red, amounts are net ; that is, d do_..,,iti7i;ve artlex'reo4l;; iii, &e. In the extraordinary aceS u ,. 4 ,7. 105.,' ils. 00 3 4 and gratuities to amount to g;.,.l34,Str,_,,nreP t yl . , 1 Law-courts and St. George's-hat.L"' 6 for 3 I lea "oi 1 11 / organ, £2,500, and £465. 4s. been Ptirc-ese uelt: organ bellows. PropertY ha s „ the n„t 13 r „di ke £35,852. The expenditurer?__ cards is . 1.. , , 1 , 1 0 tv i R 25,049. ss. : on the shipbti , Io trr; + . l oil ~.ie i n .) F t t, v...,..0 0 itt outlay has been V 5,711. .-.,... ed from th i e__A; O rr side, there has been received on the ; Or" balance of the purchase of la together with other items. £B2B. lls. 44., chiefly to S.:;lilliain ell -1-10c1:1;;P o, ( Stir .44$L of • (I: 4l elline, I ThaVh ° k 1 .11 15 3 j t rtZlt] ee f,i t St, tec Wa r at t kehhe 4 4 el Poi thi bustl 4 SOi 0045, Several _ - 10, 185 a. OCTi T_ELLI 0. 1 L ( POI NTM Vsil• A w thington,uelol; ',"'dale°°ll,EN lurch, Goraon• Work' Wa s de ofs eA n Peo ple h nitesited.Rec tal ee, ctoryo f Colvesto ,T 4 411 A „ R lt, aracy of Ad t " „"uere 'rill 'ere an,, !ctory of Yfil, 1.4, u (f atedt to ate ,cy of SbalbOarb , ' l glsood ;e of Chislett, ' ztt g e /ti Doc in t h l o 13) ti apiaincy it • the ovn, t tt '` Csu°lll' !..e of Sawston, i t k t 41t4,1i4 , a sit D, kne w c e Curacy' of a s , 'ater, uldi fo am, s ac of Nort h gitto r th e of y "%Teti :e ra!, ' O l I' 4 the sari Aberdare. , al ib. (it t 1" of ; )0, 1. Stl',retil .mbency of Sf, th:Y• h eetit poke Rectory rt 0. - kczati 4 town, to be 3 11141'1'41' 4.0 tl!tir allent 15. 1 S: ti9ill-(1 • y of Bona e., b a aulber.cy 0 , J tL a# l4,o re •ve ;t, 14,41feelitirltil4 Rectory of bette r 6 ar y Cur' cY ° f St 3fary's , W /1 otttlittl° his ge t n'Ll acy. of Stanvi.lo2,,i Ley of All Sent A iv': theLazt, mbency of N chef tia„ 'tt te.;,.'r I' l ' l ll tb, Want.' bettor I lEt yde, uear fOff z,ttt.lll3 of of 111C0MbetICY L,•!41,11(i, v ost ` wood , : 01 several 3 ' rVAV.Y4' na r et, I) f4e.:lfialg„° Ostoogui rte 'lPeritt— ottoreigo tev4afili led e. ith, 10'0 OW' b o o, r Her so f , r eit Pap ers id for° tai:iing 3. on k , 0 , 10 i l i E CONVOZAII C° i'rOt iv je3 l .7 W4j,,Z 4 ble' 4 ‘a ar-General, the servp tiny tis k l th th e attended at Or coacnoti di tt N e ,, e art r proroguing . ta,eetil* or , Wv . . l N'ec3 , N ecember. The ''" o f p :3 00 . 1 q ,,,q thj t lled after th . e_m six eet a i d l3 ,otebarld . lo 4 , , w (l t,t m t t l f e re hke e a s i9 mENCE 'd at St. rhil i P.,,L Reel I r '1„ /'iehl." g. The ordint-Dabilare's N r ' n led se sley, during t ue '8 0 kbyt'a se ________-------- „ so or? 4t ir suix ......................._ . olemnity of a Wg ote.cfr A it, . W e t r h e r : ,w, Limekiln-bo."ticie , by ); ection ht, and several '' ber c ;,,i INor i i! l eoulp _..-t 0 10 7Pte le 11 ° 11 1 the week a ir' -- , the e l. 0: ( S vavin s glen from doors 5 %, he sv i ptP i e' 1' 1, 44,,,Y5. T o i been stripped in ' O , ~I,,p', •c,\``lge seven and eigbt , ,,V . o34o P' °b‘?',l k tle Y 041 m the canal banks elert,ov„ )5„ tt; t ;lat, 11 On Thursday, abon`,.,eii h i iii, ( `' t tr,, i',.',;!.:Thi - "klE n gold, when in tbe"je ty g,,:g . ", 11,' , ,a,l'',for same night, the ho , ,, p, i,-, ,, ,ti4 t . :; lace, Was entered- if ' f e" k,:t 1 11,,, 1 the bed-roont „. , v,, so' t,. ,0 1t .., i , , , German silver o " . '"' . 0 ; li tl, - t ` t tl '. taigo ti , l4 r 1 1 ,4 \VW,' d off. , Tbe„ e r , -able Q ` 1, 4rl 4 til r l . . l'fl at . ( [4IVERPOO... refl . ' . - .1- ; 0-, r 4 c „, , ,, $., „ 1 , 3 . -.^- hib' nfl , , I•nh 8 (14 r i,"'. 'CT 1( :tve L I intii n , l', tha S. ~ ;~ ~~~~?